Tagalog phonology

This article deals with current phonology and phonetics and with historical developments of the phonology of the Tagalog language, including variants.

Tagalog has allophones, so it is important here to distinguish phonemes (written in slashes / /) and corresponding allophones (written in brackets [ ]).

Consonants

Table of consonant phonemes of Tagalog

		Bilabial	Dental/ Alveolar	Postalveolar/ Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		m	n	ɲ	ŋ
Plosive	voiceless	p	t	t͡ʃ	k	ʔ
	voiced	b	d	d͡ʒ	ɡ
Fricative	voiceless	ɸ	s	ʃ	x	h
	voiced	β	z	ʒ	ɣ
Approximant			l	j	w
Tap		ⱱ̟	ɾ

Vowels

Table of vowel phonemes of Tagalog

	Front	Back
Close	i	u
Close-mid	e	o
Open-mid	ɛ	ɔ
Open	a

See also

• Tagalog orthography

External links

• Tagalog phonology