Pronunciation

The modern Filipino alphabet is made up of 28 letters, which includes the entire 26-letter set of the basic Latin alphabet, the Spanish Ñ (eh-nyeh) and the Ng (nang) digraph of Tagalog.

Upper case
A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	L	M	N	Ñ	NG	O	P	Q	R	S	T	U	V	W	X	Y	Z
a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h	i	j	k	l	m	n	ñ	ng	o	p	q	r	s	t	u	v	w	x	y	z
Lower case

Example of ‘ng’

Gusto ko ng Kape (goos-toh koh nang ka-peh) - I like Coffee

Example of Ñ

This letter exists in the modern FIlipino alphabet, although you will find that in most cases where it is found in Spanish, it will be replaced in Filipino with an “ny”

e.g

España - Spain (This is the Spanish version)

Espanya - Spain (This is the Filipino version)

Native Tagalog words are generally pronounced as they are spelled. There are some instances where this is not the case such as the marker “ng” pronounced more like “nang”, the spanish “ñ” where it will be read as “n-yah” and use of Long Vowels / Stress such as the word “trabaho” in which the second syllable is stressed and pronounced as “traBAho”

Making the distinction of syllable stress is important in order to be clearly understood as although Tagalog does not use pitch accent or tones, nor does it use stress markers, difference in stress can change the meaning of a word

e.g:

mag-aAral – Will Study

mag-aaral - Student