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The charts below show the way in which theInternational Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)representsMalagasypronunciations in Wikipedia articles. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, seeTemplate:IPAandWikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.

Consonants
IPA	Orthography	nearest English equivalent
b	b	bill
d	d	dill
d͡z	j	heads~ hedge^[1]
ɖʐ	dr	Jill ~drill^[2]
f	f	fill
ɡ	g	gill
h	h	hill ~ ill
k	k	skill
l	l	lill
m	m	mill
n	n	nil
ŋ	n̈	song
p	p	spill
r	r	rill (trilled)
s	s	sill ~shill^[1]
t	t	still
t͡s	ts	cats~ catch^[1]
ʈʂ	tr	chill ~trill^[2]
v	v	villa
z	z	blaze ~ beige^[1]
Stress
IPA	Example	Note
ˈˌ	stress	(placed before stressed syllable)

Vowels
IPA	Orthography	nearest English equivalent
a	a	fat ~ father
e	e	pet ~ plate
i	i, y	seat
o	ô, ao, oa	old
u	o	coot
Diphthongs
aj	ai, ay	eye;Danishej
aw	ao	Lao,often low
ej	ei, ey	grey
uj	oy	phooey!; Frenchgrenouille
Reduced vowels
ə	a	sofa
ə̥	a	paternal (whispered)
ʲ	y, i	Preceding consonant ispalatalized,i.e. pronounced as if a 'y' followed it; similar to minion
ʷ	o	quick but not fully rounding the lips
ː		(long vowel)

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^^a ^b ^c ^d/tsdzsz/vary between these sounds, depending on speaker and situation. The latter is especially common when followed by the vowel/i/,including its reduced form[ʲ].That is,[sʲ]is generally closer to Englishshill.
^^a ^bAs the Malagasy spellings ‹tr, dr› suggest,/ʈʂɖʐ/may be released into a trill, depending on speaker and situation.

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