Difference between revisions of "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
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

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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)
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