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malay and english spelling. 

 Table of Consonants. 



Consonants. 



Pronunciation. 



Malay name. 



b 









Ba 



ch 



as in "church " 







Cha 



d 



as in " day" 







Dal 



f 



often sounded like " p" 







Fa 



h 



always hard as in " gain" 







Ga 



Ha 



k 



as in joy " 







Jim 



Kaf 



kh 



Like "ch" in "loch" 







Kha 



gh 



" Kh" intensified 







Ghain 



1 









Lam 



m 









Mini 



n 









Nun 



■ng 



V 

 r 



as in "Sinking" 







Nga 



Pa 

 Ea 



s 









Sim 



sh 









Shim 



t 



soft, tip of tongue against teeth 





Ta 



th 



as in " thick" 







Tha 



w 









Wau 



y 



ny 

 z 



as ' ni ' in " Spaniard" 







Ya 



Nya 

 Za 



c 



In the middle of a word it marks 



the 





3 



division of syllables as in 



sa'orang : 



Hamza. 



j 



at the end of a word it hag 



the same 





L 



effect as final k. 









