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Wikipedia key to pronunciation of 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.
| 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)
|
|
- ^ a b c d /ts dz s z/ vary between these sounds, depending on speaker and situation. The latter is especially common when followed by the vowel /i/, including its reduced form [ʲ]. That is, [sʲ] is generally closer to English shill.
- ^ a b As the Malagasy spellings ‹tr, dr› suggest, /ʈʂ ɖʐ/ may be released into a trill, depending on speaker and situation.
