Tagalog phonology

This article deals with current phonology and phonetics and with historical developments of the phonology of the Tagalog language, including variants. Tagalog has allophones, so it is important here to distinguish phonemes (written in slashes / /) and corresponding allophones (written in brackets [ ]). Consonants Table of consonant phonemes of Tagalog Bilabial Dental/Alveolar Postalveolar/Palatal Velar Glottal Nasal m n ŋ Plosive voiceless p t (t͡ʃ) k ʔ voiced b d (d͡ʒ) ɡ Fricative s (ʃ) h Approximant l j w Rhotic ɾ Phoneme Spelling Distribution and quality of allophones Stops /p/ ⟨p⟩ pulá ('red') Unreleased or nasally released phrase-finally, eg. /haˌrap̚/ front. /b/ ⟨b⟩ bugháw ('blue') Unreleased or nasally released phrase-finally. /t/ ⟨t⟩ tao ('human') When followed by /j/, may be pronounced [tʃ], particularly by speakers in urban areas. Unreleased or nasally released phrase-finally, e.g. /ˌapat̚/ four. /d/ ⟨d⟩ diláw ('yellow') When followed by /j/, may be pronounced [dʒ], particularly by speakers in urban areas. Unreleased or nasally released phrase-finally. /k/ ⟨k⟩ kamáy ('hand') Post-velar [k̠] or otherwise relatively far back in the vo