The Tagalog Alphabet

There are five (5) vowels and fifteen (15) consonants in Tagalog alphabet.

The vowels are : A E I O U

A is pronounced as AH as in a-pple

E is pronounced as EH as in e-lephant

I is pronounced as EE as in eve-ning

O is pronounced as O as in o-val

U is pronounced as OO as in c-oo-k


The consonants are: B K D G H L M N NG P R S T W Y
These are pronounced with the sound of the vowel "a" at the end.

BA KA DA GA HA LA MA NA NGA PA RA SA TA WA YA


There are consonants that are borrowed from foreign language and being used as part of Tagalog language: C CH F J LL Q V X Z