Let’s begin with the Filipino or Tagalog Alphabet. It is important that you know how to pronounce the letters in the Tagalog alphabet correctly.

When learning Tagalog, it makes sense to start with the letters and the vowels as they are integral part of your language acquisition. Like many other languages, the alphabets make up the sound of each word in Tagalog and mainly how Tagalog words are written are also how they are spoken.

Listen to the sounds of the alphabet below.

Listen to the Tagalog Vowels

Listen to the Tagalog Alphabet

Next time, we will learn how to read and write in Tagalog beginning with the common words we encounter daily.