> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://lang.gitbook.io/en/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://lang.gitbook.io/en/studying-vietnamese/study-vietnamese-with-me.md).

# Study Vietnamese with me

Here is a site full of things I've created and things I've discovered while studying Vietnamese.

I've mostly self-studied.

I use Duolingo purely as a vocabulary source, but it should be noted that it is mostly Ha Noi & northern Vietnamese, which is only a small part of the broad array of Vietnamese spoken in Viet Nam — despite most of the media being broadcasted using the Ha Noi dialect. I am a strong proponent of the idea that all accents & dialects are inherently correct *as long as the people using it are able to communicate effectively and without problematic levels of ambiguity*. The level of cohesion in a society (at whichever scale you choose to focus) is probably a good indicator of societal communicative quality.

I've made a bunch of resources as documents, and I'm transferring them onto this site for you to use.

I've also tried to transcribe some thoughts about the mental processes that I use for transitioning into speaking, pronouncing, learning, understanding and expressing in Vietnamese. It's hard to verbalize this stuff but I'm trying!

*My top picks:*

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[Native sound: Intentionality versus Mimickry](/en/studying-vietnamese/methods/native-sound-intentionality-versus-mimickry.md)
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[Frequent places](/en/studying-vietnamese/methods/frequent-places.md)
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[Resources](/en/studying-vietnamese/resources/similigraphs.md)
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[Similigraphs](/en/studying-vietnamese/resources/similigraphs.md)
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[Grammatical particles](/en/studying-vietnamese/basics/grammatical-particles.md)
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