下表顯示在維基條目中的一些馬拉加斯語內容如何使用國際音標發音。
對應英文只是大概發音,並不准確。
More information 輔音, IPA ...
輔音
|
IPA |
正字法 |
對應英文
|
b
|
b
|
bill
|
d
|
d
|
dill
|
dz
|
j
|
heads ~ hedge [1]
|
ɖʐ
|
dr
|
Jill ~ drill [2]
|
f
|
f
|
fill
|
ɡ
|
g
|
gill
|
h
|
h
|
hill ~ ill
|
k
|
k
|
skill
|
l
|
l
|
lill
|
m
|
m
|
mill
|
n
|
n
|
nil
|
ŋ
|
n̈
|
song
|
ŋɡ
|
ng
|
finger
|
p
|
p
|
spill
|
r
|
r
|
rill(顫音)
|
s
|
s
|
sill ~ shill [1]
|
t
|
t
|
still
|
ts
|
ts
|
cats ~ catch [1]
|
ʈʂ
|
tr
|
chill ~ trill [2]
|
v
|
v
|
villa
|
z
|
z
|
blaze ~ beige [1]
|
重音
|
IPA |
例子 |
註釋
|
ˈ ˌ
|
|
(置於重音節之前)
|
|
元音
|
IPA |
正字法 |
對應英文
|
a
|
a
|
fat ~ father
|
e
|
e
|
pet
|
i
|
i, y
|
seat
|
o
|
ô
|
old
|
u
|
o
|
coot
|
雙元音
|
aj
|
ai, ay
|
Thai,接近 day
|
aw
|
ao
|
Lao,接近 low
|
ej
|
ei, ey
|
grey
|
uj
|
oy
|
phooey!
|
弱化元音
|
ə
|
a
|
sofa
|
ə̥
|
a
|
paternal(低聲)
|
ʲ
|
y, i
|
dew (UK), cue: a y sound
|
ʷ
|
o
|
quick
|
ː
|
|
(長元音)
|
|
Close
註釋
/ts dz s z/ vary between these sounds, depending on speaker and situation. The latter is especially common when followed by the vowel /i/, including its reduced form [ʲ]. That is, [sʲ] is generally closer to English shill.
As the Malagasy spellings ‹tr, dr› suggest, /ʈʂ ɖʐ/ may be released into a trill, depending on speaker and situation.