The Official/Modern Tagalog Phonetics

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Practice Reading the Official Tagalog Phonetics

Here are the Official Tagalog phonetics with the five (5) vowel letters Aa Ee Ii Oo Uu in big and small letters.

It has the entire consonant English letters with the Spanish and Tagalog letters Ññ and NGng respectively.

Official Tagalog Phonetics - ABaCaDa

The Official Tagalog phonetics has a total of twenty-three (23) consonant letters, Bb Cc Dd Ff Gg Hh Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Ññ NGng Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz.

However, in this reading material, the consonant letter Qq has two (2) examples. Similar to English phonetics, most of the words that start with the consonant letter Qq are followed by the vowel letter Uu.

If the consonant letter Qq is followed by the vowel letter Aa, the pronunciation is "ka". If it is followed by the vowel letters Uu and Aa, the pronunciation is "kwa".)

If the consonant letter Qq is followed by the vowel letter Ee, the pronunciation is "ke". If it is followed by the vowel letters Uu and Ee, the pronunciation is "kwe".)

If the consonant letter Qq is followed by the vowel letter Ii, the pronunciation is "ki". If it is followed by the vowel letters Uu and Ii, the pronunciation is "kwi".)

If the consonant letter Qq is followed by the vowel letter Oo, the pronunciation is "ko". If it is followed by the vowel letters Uu and Oo, the pronunciation is "kow".)

If the consonant letter Qq is followed by the vowel letter Uu only, the pronunciation is "ku".

Official Tagalog Phonetics in Big Letters

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