The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Tagalog language pronunciations in Wikipedia articles.
See Tagalog phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds of Tagalog.
| IPA |
Examples |
English approximation |
| Consonants |
| ʔ |
buang [ˈbuʔaŋ], oo [oʔo] |
the catch in uh-oh |
| b |
bagay, Cavite |
best |
| d |
daw |
dawn |
| dʒ |
diyan; udyók |
joy |
| ɡ |
gatas |
gold |
| h |
hawak |
heaven |
| j |
yupí, mayabang, kahoy |
you, boy |
| k |
Bulacan, keso |
scan |
| l |
talinò, tapal |
lamb |
| m |
madre |
maker |
| n |
nasipát, asín |
need |
| ŋ |
ngipin, ingat, lasíng |
wing |
| ɲ |
anyô, kaniya |
canyon |
| p |
piso |
span |
| ɾ[1] |
raw, marami, drayber |
like better in American and Australian English |
| s |
sugat |
skew |
| ʃ |
siya, kasya |
shine |
| t |
tamís |
stand |
| ts |
kutsara |
cats, sometimes chew |
| tʃ |
tiyák; kutyà, kutsara |
chew |
| w |
lawak, Davao |
wow |
| ɰ |
sige |
a bit like w |
| x |
yakap |
loch (Scottish English) |
| z |
husgado[2] |
zebra |
|
| IPA |
Examples |
English approximation |
| Vowels |
| a |
batok |
father |
| ɐ |
tansô[3] |
nut |
| ɛ[4] |
pera, babae |
set |
| e[5] |
mayroon, bakit, daliri |
glasses |
| i |
sinat, ngipin |
see |
| ɪ[6] |
iták, depende |
sit |
| o[5] |
yero, katotohanan |
sole |
| u |
putik; podér |
soon |
| ʊ[6] |
ulól |
foot |
| Other symbols used in transcription of Tagalog pronunciation |
| IPA |
Explanation |
| ˈ |
Primary stress (placed before the stressed syllable):
tayô [taˈjoʔ] 'to stand', táyo [ˈtajo] 'we' |
|
Notes
- ↑ Can also be a rolled [r] in stressed syllables or an approximant [ɹ] pronounced by some speakers in the urban areas.
- ↑ Sometimes an allophone of /s/ before voiced consonants.
- ↑ /a/ is relaxed to [ɐ] in unstressed positions and also occasionally in stressed positions (Inang Bayan [iˈnɐŋ ˈbɐjɐn]).
- ↑ [ɛ] relaxes to [e] in normal speech.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 [e, o] are allophones of /i, u/ in final syllables, but are distinct phonemes in some situations in native words and in English and Spanish loan words and foreign names.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 [ɪ, ʊ] are allophones of /i, u/ and sometimes /e, o/ (the latter for English and Spanish loanwords and foreign names) in unstressed initial and medial syllables. See Tagalog phonology#Vowels and semivowels.
