Help:IPA/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 {{IPA-mg}} 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 ɖʐ dr Jill ~ drill 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 t t still t͡s ts cats ~ catch ʈʂ tr chill ~ trill v v villa z z blaze ~ beige 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 coot 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)