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INFORMAL MALAY PRONUNCIATION
GUIDEA GUIDE FOR A LESS AWKWARD FUTURE
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THE ALPHABET
•MALAY USES A-Z, JUST LIKE ENGLISH
•PRONUNCIATION ARE STRAIGHTFORWARD
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VOWELS•A – “AH, FATHER, SPA”•IPA: /ɑː/
•I – “TEETH, BEAT, SLEEP”•IPA: /Iː/
•U – “BOOST, FLU, ZOO”•IPA: /Uː/
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VOWELS•O – TWO TYPES OF SOUNDS•“GOAT, HOME, TOE”; IPA: /oʊ/•“ALL, BOUGHT, FLAUNT”; IPA: /ɔː/
•DON’T WORRY ABOUT THIS. EVEN IF THE SOUND INTERCHANGED, THE MEANING STAYS THE SAME
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VOWELS•E – TWO WAYS: DEPENDS ON WORDS•TYPE 1:•“HERD, LEARN, MURDER”; IPA: /Ə/
•TYPE 2:•“LAKE, PAID, RAIN”; IPA: /eɪ/•“DRESS, MET, BREAD”; IPA: /Ɛ/
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VOWELS•NOTES FOR “E”:•FOR TYPE 2, CAN BE INTERCHANGED WITHOUT CHANGING THE MEANING.•DO NOT INTERCHANGE BETWEEN TYPE 1 AND 2
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CONSONANTS•ALL CONSONANTS SOUND THE SAME AS ENGLISH, EXCEPT:
•NOTES:•“C” WILL ALWAYS SOUND “CHIN, CHOKE”•“C” WILL NOT MAKE THE “K” SOUND
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“SH” AND “SY”•SOME WORDS MAY BE SPELLED WITH “SY” IN IT•THIS WILL ALWAYS MAKE THE SAME SOUND AS “SH” IN “SHOE, SHAMPOO”
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“NG” AND “NY”•NG – “SINGING, HANGING”; IPA: /ŋ/•THIS SOUND MAY BE AT THE BEGINNING OF WORDS, UNLIKE ENGLISH
•NY – “PIÑATA, HINGE, INCH”; IPA: “/ɲ/”
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THE ENDING A•MOST OF (NOT ALL BUT ALMOST ALL) MALAY WORDS ENDING WITH “A” WILL MAKE THE SOUND“HERD, LEARN, MURDER”; IPA: /Ə/•YOU’LL GET USED TO IT LATER ON, DON’T WORRY
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THE ENDING K•WORDS ENDING WITH “K” WILL ALWAYS HAVE THE GLOTTAL STOP (IPA: /ʔ/)•SOUNDS LIKE “UH-OH” (STOP AT UH, WITHOUT PRONOUNCING OH)•ENDING “K” WILL NOT SOUND LIKE “BLOCK, STICK”
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THE ENDING R
•ENDING “R” NORMALLY WILL NOT BE PRONOUNCED AT ALL.
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U AND I BEFORE ENDING CONSONANT
•U BECOMES O IN “GOAT”
•I BECOMES E IN “RAIN”