| Consonants |
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| IPA | Examples | English approximation |
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| ʔ | akdâ [akˈdaʔ] | the catch in uh-oh | | b | bagay, Cavite, apdo[1] | best | | d | daw, Catbalogan[1] | do | | dʒ | diyan; udyók | joy | | ɡ | gatas; Guimaras; akda,[1] takbo[1] | gold | | h | hawak; Ecija; Geronimo; Sergio | heat | | j | yupî | you, boy | | k | Bulacan, keso, Quezon | scan[2] | | l | bakal, ulo | lamb | | m | madre | mate | | n | nasa, asín | need | | ŋ | ngipin, mangga | wing, singer[3] | | ɲ | anyô, niya, El Niño | canyon | | p | piso | span[2] | | ɾ[4] | marami, parte | North American, Australian atom[5] | | s | sugat, Nueva Vizcaya | skew | | ʃ | okasyon, siyempre | shine | | t | tamís, tarantado | stand[2] | | ts | tatsulok, pizza | cats[6] | | tʃ | mechado, tiyák; kutyà, kutsara | chew | | w | lawak, bawal | wait | | Regional and marginal consonants |
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| f | Filipino, ref | four[7] | | ɣ | sige | Spanish amigo | | r[4] | Rajah, ragasâ, ramdam, Salvador, Ormoc | Spanish terremoto | | ɹ[4] | kard, nars | red | | v[7] | van, David | vase | | x | yakap | Scottish English loch | | z | | zebra[8] |
| | Vowels |
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| IPA | Examples | English approximation |
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| a | batok | far[9] | | ɐ | tansô | nut[10] | | ɛ | heto, Emong | set[11] | | e | eh, mayroon, bakit, ngipin, daliri | GA hand[11][12], lake | | ɪ | iták, depende | sit[13] | | i | sinat, ngipin | see | | ɔ[14] | opo | off | | o | yero, katotohanan, pusò | horse[13] | | ʊ | ulól | foot[13] | | u | putik; podér | soon | | Diphthongs |
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| aɪ | tatay | ice[15] | | aʊ | sayaw | out | | ea | teatro | Beatrice | | eɪ | Rey, karit,[16] gigil[16] | pay | | eɔ | leon | payoff | | ɪʊ | paksiw, sisiw | seawall | | oɪ | langoy | boy | | oʊ[16] | limot | sole | | Marginal vowels |
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| ɚ | sir, kompyuter | North American her[17] |
| Other symbols used in transcription of Tagalog pronunciation |
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| IPA | Explanation |
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| ˈ | Primary stress (placed before the stressed syllable):
tayô [taˈjoʔ] 'to stand', táyo [ˈtajo] 'we' |
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