Help:IPA/Malagasy

The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Malagasy pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see Template:IPA and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.

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Consonants
IPA	Orthography	nearest English equivalent
b	b	bill
d	d	dill
d͡z	j	heads ~ hedge ^[1]
ɖʐ	dr	Jill ~ drill ^[2]
f	f	fill
ɡ	g	gill
h	h	hill ~ ill
k	k	skill
l	l	lill
m	m	mill
n	n	nil
ŋ	n̈	song
p	p	spill
r	r	rill (trilled)
s	s	sill ~ shill ^[1]
t	t	still
t͡s	ts	cats ~ catch ^[1]
ʈʂ	tr	chill ~ trill ^[2]
v	v	villa
z	z	blaze ~ beige ^[1]
Stress
IPA	Example	Note
ˈ ˌ	stress	(placed before stressed syllable)

Vowels
IPA	Orthography	nearest English equivalent
a	a	fat ~ father
e	e	pet ~ plate
i	i, y	seat
o	ô, ao, oa	old
u	o	cool
Diphthongs
aj	ai, ay	eye; Danish ej
aw	ao	Lao, often low
ej	ei, ey	grey
uj	oy	phooey!; French grenouille
Reduced vowels
ə	a	sofa
ə̥	a	paternal (whispered)
ʲ	y, i	Preceding consonant is palatalized, i.e. pronounced as if a 'y' followed it; similar to minion
ʷ	o	quick but not fully rounding the lips
ː		(long vowel)

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