![]() ALL consonants are sounded, including “H”. Each letter has ONE AND ONLY ONE sound.* There are no silent letters. Except for a couple of words, all words are pronounced as they are spelled. This means that Pilipino words can start with “Ng” which is not found in English. It sounds like the nasal sound you hear in the word “La nguage” minus the “g” sound, or that in “si ng” or “ba ng“. dyip(Jeep) or Hesus (Jesus)Īlthough written as two letters, NG is a single letter in Pilipino alphabet. This means that prior to the expansion of the alphabet, the following letters are substituted to effect the same sound: CH LL and RR are not considered distinct consonants.įor pedagogical purposes, we shall stick to classic alphabet in this tutorial. Modern alphabet: In the late 1970’s, the English and Spanish Letters were incorporated into the official Pilipino alphabet, making a total of 28 letters: There are 5 vowels: A E I O U, the remaining 15 letters are consonants. The Pilipino alphabet uses the same English (Roman) letters. “Pilipino” as a national language is designed to incorporate other major dialects as Cebuano, Ilocano, Bikolano, Ilonggo, and others. Tagalog is the second most commonly-spoken Asian language and the sixth non-English language spoken in America. It is the lingua franca in the capital region of Manila and of Filipinos anywhere in the world. It is based on the Tagalog dialect which is widely spoken in the Southern part of Luzon island. Pilipino is the national language in the Philippines. ![]() ![]() Pilipino for English Speakers (A Tutorial) ![]()
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