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Disagree. I live in Vietnam and speak it daily. Not sure why you are throwing Wikipedia at me :) But I'll throw it back at you: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wik

Disagree. I live in Vietnam and speak it daily. Not sure why you are throwing Wikipedia at me :) But I'll throw it back at you: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnamese_morphology#:~:text=Vietnamese%20is%20often%20considered%20to,together%20to%20create%20another%20word https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnamese_morphology#:~:tex.... "Vietnamese is often considered to be monosyllabic as its morphemes are considered to be monosyllabic e.g. "tim" meaning "heart". However, some Vietnamese words may consist of one or more syllables, composed of monosyllabic morphemes that form together to create another word. An instance of a compound word "mạnh mẽ" is derived from morphemes mạnh meaning "strong", mẽ meaning "dramatic", fused together to create the word mạnh mẽ to mean "powerful". There is a general tendency for words to have one or two syllables. Words with two syllables are often of Sino-Vietnamese origin. A few words are three or four syllables. A few polysyllabic words are formed from reduplicative derivation." Basically - monosyllabic. Is it a beautiful day where you are? You should go outside and enjoy it:)

Asraelite 2y ago
That section you quoted doesn't disagree with me. It says that morphemes are monosyllabic, which they are. I'm talking about words, not morphemes. The second paragraph literally says that, "There is a general tendency for words to have one or two syllables". What do you mean "basically - monosyllabic". I know other Vietnamese speakers who also believe the language is monosyllabic. Honestly, speaking the language is a disadvantage for you here. It's like how most Chinese speakers think that other Chinese languages are dialects and not languages. Or how native English speakers will confidently say that "upward" is a preposition. Speaking a language does not give you insight into its linguistics, only a false sense of confidence about it.

Asraelite 2y ago

That section you quoted doesn't disagree with me. It says that morphemes are monosyllabic, which they are. I'm talking about words, not morphemes. The second paragraph literally says that, "There is a general tendency for words to have one or two syllables". What do you mean "basically - monosyllabic". I know other Vietnamese speakers who also believe the language is monosyllabic. Honestly, speaking the language is a disadvantage for you here. It's like how most Chinese speakers think that other Chinese languages are dialects and not languages. Or how native English speakers will confidently say that "upward" is a preposition. Speaking a language does not give you insight into its linguistics, only a false sense of confidence about it.