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Consonants in Ilocano phrasebook
Consonants in Ilocano phrasebook
In modern written Ilocano (based on Tagalog Ortography), there are 16 symbols for the consonnts but there are more than 16 consonant sounds in the language. Here, we include the other letters that may likely occur in some prints.
b�
like the English bed
c�
like the k in sky not as in kite
d�
like the d in the Japanese dojo
f�
(in proper nouns only) like the English feather
g�
like the English go
g�
(in foreign words from Spanish only) like the English house
h�
like the English house
j�
(in foreign words from Spanish only) like the English house
k�
like the k in sky not as in kite
l�
like the l in London
m�
like the m in mother
n�
like the n in nanny
p�
like the p in spot not as in pot
qu
like the k in sky not as in kite
r�
like the r in right
r�
(in foreign words from Spanish only) like the r in rojo
s�
like the s in seven
t�
like the d in the Chinese Dao De Jing
v�
like the English bed
v�
(in proper nouns only) like the v in vase
w�
like the w in water
x�
(in proper nouns only) like the x' in six'
x�
(in proper nouns only) like the x' in the Spanish Mexico
y�
like the y in yam
z�
like the s in seven
z�
like the z' in zebra
Some consonants change their sounds when followed by a vowel. The the following sounds are produced:
di�
like the j in jack
si�
like the sh in shampoo
ti�
like the ch in ch'urch
As mentioned above the digraph ng represents the sound of the same digraph in Singer. However, unlike in English, this sound may be used as initial.
The inital glotal stop is not written. Thus, it appears as if the word commences with a vowel. When it occurs at the middle of the word, a hypen (-) is inserted to represent the sound.
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