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Want to know what are the consonants in Filipino language? In articulatory phonetics, a Filipino consonant is known as a speech sound that is articulated having full or partial closure in the vocal region. The word consonant can also be used to talk about a letter of a Filipino alphabet which signifies a consonant sound. Learn More





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Filipino Consonants in Alphabet

These are pronounced as in English.
like 'b' in "bed"b
like 'k' in "kid"k
like 'd' in "dog"d
like 'g' in "go"g
like 'h' in "help" (this letter must be pronounced in Filipino even if it is often silent in some English dialects)h
like 'l' in "love"l
like 'm' in "mother"m
like 'n' in "nice"n
like 'ng' in "fang", but pronounced 'nang' as a stand-alone word (though most English-speakers might classify is as two letters, it is considered as a single letter in Filipino as well as in other Asian languages)ng
like 'p' in "pig"p
like 'r' in "row", like 'r' in "feather" (this letter must be pronounced in Filipino even if it is often silent in some English dialects)r
like 's' in "sun", like 'z' in "haze"s
like 't' in "top"t
like 'w' in "weight"w
like 'y' in "yes", like 'ie' in "pie", like 'ee' in "flee"y
Therse are pronounced differently from English.
like 's' in "supper", 'k' in "kid"c
like 'f' in "fine"f
like 'dg' in "edge", 'h' in "ham"j
like 'ny' in "canyon"ñ
like 'q' in "quest" (almost always with 'u')q
like 'v' in "victory"v
like 'cks' in "kicks", like 'z' in "haze" (at beginning of a word)x
like 'z' in "haze"z

Filipino Diphthongs in Alphabet

like 'i' in "high": tatay, fatheray
like 'ow' in "cow": kalabaw, carabao/water buffaloaw
like 'ay' in "say": reyna, queeney
like "eew": baliw, crazyiw
like 'oy' in "boy": apoy, fireoy

Click on the hyperlinks directly below to find a number of helpful Filipino holiday words and phrases which you’ll find structured by theme. For every holiday phrase in Filipino, there’ll be the actual English translation.


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