Language/Southern-betsimisaraka-malagasy/Pronunciation/Alphabet-and-Pronunciation
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The Malagasy language has only 4 vowel sounds: a, e, i, and o, pronounced as follows:
A Sounds [æ] as in the English word: Father.
- Examples: Salama (Hello), Manana (to have).
E sounds [ei] as in the English word; made, pay.
- Examples: Veloma (Bye!), teny (language/words), enina (six).
I / Y (Ending) sounds [i:] as in the English word; Keep, leek.
- Examples: Misy (there is), mipetraka (to live/to sit), tsia (no)
O sounds, [u] as in the English word: Pool, Sue.
- Examples: Aho (I), Voky (full)
| Letter | A a | Ai/Ay ai/ay | Ao/Ô ao/ô | B b | D d | E e | F f | G g | H h | I i | J j | K k | Ki ki | L l | M m | N n | N̈ n̈ | O o | P p | R r | S s | Si/Sy si/sy | T t | V v | Y y | Z z |
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| IPA | a | ei | o | b | d | e | f | g | h | i | d͡z | k | kʲ | l | m | n | ŋ | u | p | r | s | ʃ | t | v | j/i | z |