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 | galâ [gɐˈlaʔ], buang [ˈbuʔaŋ] | the catch in uh-oh | | 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; sakay | you | | k | kapit; keso; yakap; bakal; tiwarik | cape, like | | l | talino; kalog; tapal | lamb | | m | madre; lamat; inaasam | maker | | n | nasipat; dadanas; asin | need | | ŋ | ngipin; ingat; dating; lasing; | sink; finger; wing | | ɲ | anyo; ninyo; kaniya | canyon | | p | piso; tapos | taping | | ɾ | raw; rin; ragasa; resulta; marami; pero; syempre; daliri; puder | like city and leader in American English | | s | sugat; paspasan; husgado; isda; basbas; butas | sword | | ʃ | siya, kasya, perwisyo | shine, cash | | t | tamis; bata; malapit | stand | | ts | kutsara | cats, sometimes chew | | tʃ | tiyak; kutya | chew | | w | lawak; daw; aliw | wow | | ɰ | sige | a bit like w | | x | yakap; bakal | Bach | | z | husgado; isda; basbas | zebra | | | IPA | Examples | English approximation | | Vowels | | a | batok; bitag; kusa | tank | | ɐ | tanso[1] | nut | | e | heto; kendeng; depende; mayroon; kiliti; daliri; bakit; ngipin; din; rin | send, ray (without the y sound) | | i | sinat; ngipin | see | | ɪ | itak, ginto[2] | sit | | o | pompiyang; papanoorin; papanoorin; katotohanan; bota; puso; yero | bore, talk | | u | putik | duplicate; soon | | 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' | |
- ^ /a/ is relaxed to [ɐ] in unstressed positions and also occasionally in stressed positions (inang bayan [iˈnɐŋ ˈbɐjən]).
- ^ /i/ is pronounced [ɪ] in unstressed initial and medial syllables. See Tagalog phonology#Vowels and semivowels.
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