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Why is Nguyen pronounced as Wen?

Why is Nguyen pronounced as Wen? Why is Nguyen pronounced “WEN”? It actually isn’t- that is just the dumbed down Anglo pronunciation. The correct Vietnamese starts with the sound “ng” as in “singer” then transitions into “WEE-en”. There is a glottal stop in a high broken tone in the “WEE” bit. The Vietnamese pronunciation is

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