Help:IPA/Malagasy

This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Malagasy on Wikipedia.

It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Malagasy in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them. Integrity must be maintained between the key and the transcriptions that link here; do not change any symbol or value without establishing consensus on the talk page first.

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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)

Notes

^ ^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.

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