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Wikipedia key to pronunciation of Tagalog From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents pronunciation for the Tagalog language 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.

See Tagalog phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds of Tagalog.

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Consonants
IPA Examples English approximation
ʔ akdâ [akˈdaʔ] the catch in uh-oh
b bagay, Cavite, best
d daw do
diyan; udyók; jet joy
ɡ gatas; Guimaras gold
h hawak; Ecija; Geronimo; Sergio heat
j yupî you, boy
k Bulacan, keso, Quezon scan[1]
l bakal, ulo lamb
m madre mate
n nasa, asín need
ŋ ngipin, mangga wing, singer[2]
ɲ anyô, niya, El Niño canyon
p piso span[1]
ɾ[3] marami, parte North American, Australian atom[4]
s sugat, Nueva Vizcaya skew
ʃ okasyon, siyempre, shorts shine
t tamís, tarantado stand[1]
ts tatsulok, pizza cats[5]
mechado, tiyák; kutyà, kutsara chew
w lawak, bawal wait
Regional and marginal consonants
f Filipino, ref four[6]
ɣ sige Spanish amigo
r[3] Rajah, ragasâ, ramdam, Salvador, Ormoc Spanish terremoto
ɹ[3] kard, nars red
v van, David vase[6]
x yakap Scottish English loch
z[7] zigzag zebra
Vowels
IPA Examples English approximation
a batok cat or father[8]
ɐ tansô nut[9]
ɛ heto, Emong set[10]
e eh, mayroon, bakit, ngipin, daliri GA hand[10][11], lake
ɪ iták, depende sit[12]
i sinat, ngipin see
ɔ[13] opo off
o yero, katotohanan, pusò story[12]
ʊ ulól foot[12]
u putik; podér fool
Diphthongs
tatay ice[14]
sayaw out
ea teatro Beatrice
Rey, karit,[15] gigil[15] pay
leon payoff
ɪʊ paksiw, sisiw seawall
Pinoy boy
[15] limot sole
Marginal vowels
ɚ sir, kompyuter North American her[16]
Other symbols used in transcription of Tagalog pronunciation
IPAExplanation
ˈ Primary stress (placed before the stressed syllable):
tayô [taˈjoʔ] 'to stand', táyo [ˈtajo] 'we'
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