Orthography

Consonants

Working orthography IPA Example words
B  /b/  balat – skin
C  /k/, /s/
D /d/  dugo – blodd
F /f/, /p/
G /g/, /dʒ/, /h/ gagamba – spider
H  /h/ hayop – animal
J /dʒ/, /h/
K /k/ kamay – hand
L /l/  likod- back
 M /m/  mata – eye
N /n/  nanay – mother
Ñ /ɲ/
 Ng /ŋ/  ngipin – tooth
P /p/  pangalan – name
Q /k/
R /ɾ/  sero – zero
S /s/  suso – breast
T /t/  tiyan – stomach
V  /v/, /b/
W /w/ walo – eight
X /ks/
Y /j/
Z /z/, /s/

 
Vowels

Working Orthography IPA Example Words
A  /a/  atay – liver
 E   /ɛ/
 I /i/   ilong – nose
 O /o/, /u/
 U /u/   ulo – head

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