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 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)
|
|
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/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.
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As the Malagasy spellings ‹tr, dr› suggest, /ʈʂ ɖʐ/ may be released into a trill, depending on speaker and situation.
See also
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Category:Pages with Malagasy IPA (62)