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The Malay Alphabet
Halo! Malay Learners! 😃
➡ In today's lesson we will learn everything you need to know regarding the MALAY ALPHABET.
Modern Indonesian and Malaysian Malay are written in the Latin alphabet. Indonesia and Malaysia unified their official spelling in 1972.
Happy learning!
Latin Alphabet (Tuliran Rumi)
Letters
Letter | Name in IPA | IPA | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Indonesia | Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore | Indonesia | Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore | |
A a | a (/a/) | e (/e/) | /a/ | |
/a/ | /ə/ | |||
B b | bé (/be/) | bi (/bi/) | /b/ | |
C c | cé (/t͡ʃe/ or /se/) | si (/si/) | /t͡ʃ/ | |
D d | dé (/de/) | di (/di/) | /d/ | |
E e | é (/e/) | i (/i/) | /ə/ | |
/e/ | ||||
/ɪ/ | /e/ | |||
/ɛ/ | ||||
F f | éf (/ef/) | éf (/ef/) | /f/ | |
G g | gé (/ge/) | ji (/d͡ʒi/) | /ɡ/ | |
H h | ha (/ha/) | héc (/het͡ʃ/) | /h/ | |
I i | i (/i/) | ai (/ai̯/) | /i/ | |
/ɪ/ | /e/ | |||
J j | jé (/d͡ʒe/) | jé (/d͡ʒe/) | /d͡ʒ/ | |
K k | ka (/ka/) | ké (/ke/) | /k/ | |
L l | él (/el/) | él (/el/) | /l/ | |
M m | ém (/em/) | ém (/em/) | /m/ | |
N n | én (/en/) | én (/en/) | /n/ | |
O o | o (/o/) | o (/o/) | /o/ | |
/ʊ/ | /o/ | |||
/ɔ/ | ||||
P p | pé (/pe/) | pi (/pi/) | /p/ | |
Q q | ki (/ki/) | kiu (/kiu/ or /kju/) | /q/ ~ /k/ | |
R r | ér (/er/) | ar (/ar/ or /a:/) | /r/ | |
S s | és (/es/) | és (/es/) | /s/ | |
T t | té (/te/) | ti (/ti/) | /t/ | |
U u | u (/u/) | yu (/ju/) | /u/ | |
/ʊ/ | /o/ | |||
V v | vé (/ve/ or /fe/) | vi (/vi/) | /v/ ~ /f/ | |
W w | wé (/we/) | dabel yu (/dabəlˈju/) | /w/ | |
X x | éks (/eks/) | éks (/eks/) | /ks/ or /z/ | |
Y y | yé (/je/) | wai (/wai̯/) | /j/ | |
Z z | zét (/zet/) | zed (/zed/) | /z/ ~ /s/ |
Latin (Tuliran Rumi)
Digraph | IPA | |
---|---|---|
Indonesia | Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore | |
ai | /ai̯/ | |
au | /au̯/ | |
oi | /ʊi̯/ | /oi̯/ |
gh | /ɣ/ ~ /x/ | |
kh | /x/ | |
ng | /ŋ/ | |
ny | /ɲ/ | |
sy | /ʃ/ |
Arabic (Jawi)
Isolated | Initial | Medial | Final | IPA |
---|---|---|---|---|
ا | ـا | /a/ | ||
ب | بـ | ـبـ | ـب | /b/ |
ت | تـ | ـتـ | ـت | /t/ |
ث | ثـ | ـثـ | ـث | /θ/ or /s/ |
ج | جـ | ـجـ | ـج | /d͡ʒ/ |
چ | چـ | ـچـ | ـچ | /t͡ʃ/ |
ح | حـ | ـحـ | ـح | /ħ/ |
خ | خـ | ـخـ | ـخ | /x/ |
د | ـد | /d/ | ||
ذ | ـذ | /ð/ or /z/ | ||
ر | ـر | /r/ | ||
ز | ـز | /z/ | ||
س | سـ | ـسـ | ـس | /s/ |
ش | شـ | ـشـ | ـش | /ʃ/ |
ص | صـ | ـصـ | ـص | /s/ |
ض | ضـ | ـضـ | ـض | /d/ |
ط | طـ | ـطـ | ـط | /t/ |
ظ | ظـ | ـظـ | ـظ | /z/ |
ع | عـ | ـعـ | ـع | /ʔ/ |
غ | غـ | ـغـ | ـغ | /ɣ/ |
ڠ | ڠـ | ـڠـ | ـڠ | /ŋ/ |
ف | فـ | ـفـ | ـف | /f/ |
ڤ | ڤـ | ـڤـ | ـڤ | /p/ |
ق | قـ | ـقـ | ـق | /ʔ/ and /q/ |
ک | کـ | ـکـ | ـک | /k/ |
ݢ | ڬـ | ـݢـ | ـݢ | /ɡ/ |
ل | لـ | ـلـ | ـل | /l/ |
م | مـ | ـمـ | ـم | /m/ |
ن | نـ | ـنـ | ـن | /n/ |
و | ـو | /w/ and /u, o, ɔ/ | ||
ۏ | ـۏ | /v/ | ||
ه | هـ | ـهـ | ـه | /h/ |
ة | ـة | /t/ | ||
ء | ء | /ʔ/ | ||
ي | يـ | ـيـ | ـي | /j/ and /i, e, ɛ/ |
ڽ | ڽـ | ـڽـ | ـڽ | /ɲ/ |
ى | ـى | /ə, a/ |