Malay Alphabet - Colloquial Malay

Malay Alphabet - Hiatus : Glottal Stop

Malay Alphabet - Hiatus : Glide Homorganic (U)

* You also can pronounce the hiatus -UI-&-UE- as deceptive semi-diphthong.

      Duit     : Du.ˀit. / Du.ʷit.

      Buih     : Bu.ˀih. / Bu.ʷih.

      Suis     : Su.ˀis. / Su.ʷis.

      Duet     : Du.ˀet.      / Du.ʷet.

      Muesli   : Mu.ˀes.li.   / Mu.ʷes.li.

      Puerpera : Pu.ˀer.pe.ra./ Pu.ʷer.pe.ra.

* You also can pronounce the hiatus-UO- as a single-O

      Kuota     : Ko.ta.      / Ku.ʷo.ta.

      Kuorum    : Ko.rum.     / Ku.ʷo.rum.

      FLuorida  : Flo.ri.da.  / Flu.ʷo.ri.da.

Malay Alphabet - Hiatus : Glide Homorganic (I)

* You also can pronounce the hiatus -IE- as a deceptive semi-diphthong.

       Diet        : Di.ˀet.

       Fiesta      : Fi.ˀes.ta.

       Orientasi   : ?O.ri.ˀen.ta.si.

Malay Alphabet - Hiatus : Semi-Diphthongs

Diphthong in Malay language doesn't occur in a closed syllable. Hence, sounds that are similar to diphthongs will be pronounced as disyllabic words to become hiatus.

Malay Alphabet - Diphthongs

Malay Alphabet - Digraph (NY)

Malay Alphabet - Digraph (NG)

Malay Alphabet - Digraph (GH)

Malay Alphabet - Digraph (KH)

Malay Alphabet - Digraph (SY)

Malay Alphabet - Letter (Z)

Malay Alphabet - Letter (Y)

Malay Alphabet - Letter (X)

Malay Alphabet - Letter (W)

Malay Alphabet - Letter (V)

Malay Alphabet - Letter (T)

Malay Alphabet - Letter (S)

Malay Alphabet - Letter (R)

Malay Alphabet - Letter (Q)

Malay Alphabet - Letter (P)

Malay Alphabet - Letter (N)

Malay Alphabet - Letter (M)

Malay Alphabet - Letter (L)

Malay Alphabet - Letter (K)

Malay Alphabet - Letter (J)

Malay Alphabet - Letter (H)

Malay Alphabet - Letter (G)

Malay Alphabet - Letter (F)

Malay Alphabet - Letter (D)

Malay Alphabet - Letter (C)

Malay Alphabet - Letter (B)

Malay Alphabet - Vowel (U)

Malay Alphabet - Vowel (O)

Malay Alphabet - Vowel (I)

Malay Alphabet - Vowel (E)

Listen to Malay native speakers in order to know which types of "e" you should use in every single word since there's no specific indication in writing system.

A word would consist the both sounds of "e"

Examples :

(Both are E-Pepet)

Selepas (After)

Setelah (After)

Sebelum (Before)

Segera (Instant)

Menteri (Minister)

(Both are E-Taling)

Leher (Neck)

Remeh (Trivial)

Teres (Terrace)

senget (Aslant)

Kempen (Campaign)

(The first one is E-Pepet &

the second one is E-Taling)

Mereka (They)

Kereta (Car)

Kerenah (Behaviour)

Sengketa (Conflict)

Bendera (Flag)