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About Malay Consonants Chart
Would like to know what are the consonants in Malay language? In articulatory phonetics, a Malay consonant is a speech sound that is articulated by using total as well as partial closure of the vocal region. The term consonant can be employed to make reference to a letter of the Malay alphabet that represents a consonant sound. Learn More
Malay Consonants Chart
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Malay Consonants in Alphabet
| b | like 'b' in "bed" |
| c | like 'ch' in "China" |
| ch | old spelling of c |
| d | like 'd' in "dog" |
| f | like 'ph' in "phone" |
| g | like 'g' in "go" |
| h | like 'h' in "help"; initial "h" is not always pronounced in some dialects |
| j | like 'j' in "jug"; in older romanizations also the vowel i |
| k | like 'c' in "cat"; at ends of words, a glottal stop like the stop some people use to pronounce "something" as "sump'n." |
| kh | like 'ch' in "loch" or 'c' in "cat." |
| l | like 'l' in "love" |
| m | like 'm' in "mother" |
| n | like 'n' in "nice" |
| p | like 'p' in "pig"; unaspirated (i.e., no explosive sound) at the ends of words |
| q | like 'q' in "quest" (most commonly with "u", and only in Arabic borrowings) |
| r | like 'rh' in "rheumatism" |
| s | like 'ss' in "hiss" |
| sy | like 'sh' in "sheep" |
| t | like 't' in "top"; unaspirated (i.e., no explosive sound) at the ends of words |
| v | like 'ph' in "phone" (only used in loanwords) |
| w | like 'w' in "weight" |
| x | like 'cks' in "kicks" (only used in loanwords) |
| y | like 'y' in "yes" |
| z | like 's' in "hiss", like 'z' in "haze", like 'dg' in "edge" |
Malay Diphthongs in Alphabet
Select the links directly below to find out a list of useful Malay holiday key phrases that are structured by category. For every travel phrase in Malay, you will see the English interpretation.
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