The document provides an overview of the Malay alphabet and pronunciation of its letters. It notes that the Malay alphabet uses the Latin A-Z letters similarly to English. It describes the pronunciation of each vowel and some consonants, noting differences from English like "c" always sounding like "ch" and final consonants often being silent. It also covers pronunciation rules for certain letter combinations at the end of words.

2. THE ALPHABET
•MALAY USES A-Z, JUST LIKE ENGLISH
•PRONUNCIATION ARE
STRAIGHTFORWARD

3. VOWELS
•A – “AH, FATHER, SPA”
•IPA: /Ɑː/
•I – “TEETH, BEAT, SLEEP”
•IPA: /Iː/
•U – “BOOST, FLU, ZOO”
•IPA: /Uː/

4. VOWELS
•O – TWO TYPES OF SOUNDS
•“GOAT, HOME, TOE”; IPA: /oʊ/
•“ALL, BOUGHT, FLAUNT”; IPA: /ɔː/
•DON’T WORRY ABOUT THIS. EVEN IF
THE SOUND INTERCHANGED, THE
MEANING STAYS THE SAME

5. VOWELS
•E – TWO WAYS: DEPENDS ON WORDS
•TYPE 1:
•“HERD, LEARN, MURDER”; IPA: /Ə/
•TYPE 2:
•“LAKE, PAID, RAIN”; IPA: /eɪ/
•“DRESS, MET, BREAD”; IPA: /Ɛ/

6. VOWELS
•NOTES FOR “E”:
•FOR TYPE 2, CAN BE INTERCHANGED
WITHOUT CHANGING THE MEANING.
•DO NOT INTERCHANGE BETWEEN TYPE 1
AND 2

7. CONSONANTS
•ALL CONSONANTS SOUND THE SAME
AS ENGLISH, EXCEPT:
•NOTES:
•“C” WILL ALWAYS SOUND “CHIN, CHOKE”
•“C” WILL NOT MAKE THE “K” SOUND

8. “SH” AND “SY”
•SOME WORDS MAY BE SPELLED WITH
“SY” IN IT
•THIS WILL ALWAYS MAKE THE SAME
SOUND AS “SH” IN “SHOE, SHAMPOO”

9. “NG” AND “NY”
•NG – “SINGING, HANGING”; IPA: /ŋ/
•THIS SOUND MAY BE AT THE BEGINNING
OF WORDS, UNLIKE ENGLISH
•NY – “PIÑATA, HINGE, INCH”; IPA: “/ɲ/”

10. THE ENDING A
•MOST OF (NOT ALL BUT ALMOST ALL)
MALAY WORDS ENDING WITH “A” WILL
MAKE THE SOUND
“HERD, LEARN, MURDER”; IPA: /Ə/
•YOU’LL GET USED TO IT LATER ON, DON’T
WORRY

11. THE ENDING K
•WORDS ENDING WITH “K” WILL ALWAYS
HAVE THE GLOTTAL STOP (IPA: /ʔ/)
•SOUNDS LIKE “UH-OH” (STOP AT UH,
WITHOUT PRONOUNCING OH)
•ENDING “K” WILL NOT SOUND LIKE “BLOCK,
STICK”

12. THE ENDING R
•ENDING “R” NORMALLY WILL NOT BE
PRONOUNCED AT ALL.

13. U AND I BEFORE ENDING CONSONANT
•U BECOMES O IN “GOAT”
•I BECOMES E IN “RAIN”