Pronunciation guide
How to read and say Pangasinan
Letters, sounds and stress from Wikivoyage's Pangasinan phrasebook. Then hear the phrases and practice them, free.
▶ Practice Pangasinan phrasesVowels
- a
- open front unrounded vowel IPA [a]; like the a in father
- e
- close back unrounded vowel IPA [ɯ]; like the ao in the Scots Gaelic caol.
- i
- close front unrounded vowel IPA [i]; like the ea in beat
- o
- close-mid back rounded vowel IPA [o]; like the au in author
- u
- close back rounded vowel IPA [u]; like the oo in boot
Consonants
- b
- like the English bed
- c
- like the k in sky not as in kite
- d
- like the d in the Japanese dojo
- f
- (in proper nouns only) like the English feather
- g
- like the English go
- g
- (in foreign words from Spanish only) like the English house
- h
- like the English house
- j
- (in foreign words from Spanish only) like the English house
- k
- like the k in sky not as in kite
- l
- like the l in London
- m
- like the m in mother
- n
- like the n in nanny
- p
- like the p in spot not as in pot
- qu
- like the k in sky not as in kite
- r
- like the r in right
- r
- (in foreign words from Spanish only) like the r in rojo
- s
- like the s in seven
- t
- like the d in the Chinese Dao De Jing
- v
- like the English bed
- v
- (in proper nouns only) like the v in vase
- w
- like the w in water
- x
- (in proper nouns only) like the x in six
- x
- (in proper nouns only) like the x in the Spanish Mexico
- y
- like the y in yam
- z
- like the s in seven
- z
- like the z in zebra
Common diphthongs
There are only three commonly used diphthongs in the Pangasinan language. They are as follows:
- ay
- like the i in high
- ew
- like the ew in agew
- oy
- like the oy in boy