Help:IPA/Tagalog

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 b bagay; kaba; libo; positibo; ibon; sanib best d daw; din; dila; dadaanan; madiin; madre; berde; entremitida; litid; posibilidad dawn dʒ diyan; udyok joy ɡ gatas; grande; lagi; kastigo; masipag gold h hawak; laho; trabaho heaven j yupi; mayabang; kahoy you k kapit; keso; yakap; bakal; tiwarik cape, like l talino; kalog; tapal lanb m madre; comer; anfibio mother n nido; anillo; asin need ŋ ngipin; ingat; dating; lasing; sink; finger; wing ɲ anyo; ninyo; kaniya canyon p piso; tapos tapng ɾ raw; rin; ragasa; marami; pero; syempre; daliri; puder like city and leader in American English s saco; casa; isda; butas sack t tamis; bata; malapit stand tʃ chubasco; acechar choo x yakap; bakal Bach (like ham in many dialects) z husgado; isda zebra

IPA Examples English approximation Monophthongs a batok; bitag; kusa tank ɐ tanso ɛ heto; kendeng; depende; mayroon; kiliti; daliri; bakit; ngipin; din; rin e heto; kendeng; depende; mayroon; kiliti; daliri; bakit; ngipin; din; rin tray (without the y sound) i sinat; ngipin see ɪ itak, ginto sit o pompiyang; papanoorin; katotohanan; bota; puso; yero bore, talk u putik duplicate; soon Diphthongs ai wagayway; buhay; sakay eye; sign au plawta; daw; raw; banlaw cow ei mayroon; reyna; haywey ray eu aliw; bitiw "ew" iu aliw; bitiw; sisiw ja yanig; malaya yeah je yero; sasanayin yellow jo labuyo, malayo yo ju yurak; biyuda beauty, you oi baboy; unggoy boycot wa wala; lawak quad we swerte; tawid; uwi sway(without the y sound) wi wika; awitin we Other symbols used in transcription of Spanish pronunciation IPA Explanation ˈ Primary stress (placed before the stressed syllable), for example kabag [ˈkabag] Notes See also Tagalog phonology History of the Tagalog language