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The modern '''Malay alphabet''' is based on the [[Latin alphabet]]. It is used to write [[Malay language|Malay]].

It contains the same letters as the English language alphabet. [[Q]], [[V]], and [[X]] are not used in native Malay words. The Malay alphabet contains 26 letters:

{|
|A||B||C||D||E||F||G||H||I||J||K||L
|M||N||O||P||Q||R||S||T||U||V||W||X||Y||Z
|-
|a||b||c||d||e||f||g||h||i||j||k||l
|m||n||o||p||q||r||s||t||u||v||w||x||y||z
|}

==Letter names and pronunciations==
:{| class="wikitable"
! Letter
! Name
! IPA
! Notes
|-
| align=center| Aa || ''e'' || {{IPA|/a/}} or {{IPA|/ɑ/}} ||
|-
| align=center|  Bb || ''bi'' || {{IPA|/b/}} ||
|-
| align=center|  Cc || ''si'' || {{IPA|/tʃ/}} ||
|-
| align=center|  Dd || ''di'' || {{IPA|/d/}} ||
|-
| align=center|  Ee || ''e'' || {{IPA|/ə/}}, {{IPA|/e,ɛ/}} ||
|-
| align=center|  Ff || ''ef'' || {{IPA|/f/}} ||
|-
| align=center|  Gg || ''ji'' || {{IPA|/g/}} ||
|-
| align=center|  Hh || ''ec'' || {{IPA|/h/}} ||
|-
| align=center|  Ii  || ''i'' || {{IPA|/i/}}  ||
|-
| align=center|  Jj   || ''je'' || {{IPA|/dʒ/}} ||
|-
| align=center|  Kk  || ''ke'' || {{IPA|/k/}} ||
|-
| align=center|  Ll  || ''el'' || {{IPA|/l/}} ||
|-
| align=center|  Mm  || ''em'' || {{IPA|/m/}} ||
|-
| align=center|  Nn  || ''en'' || | {{IPA|/n/}}
|-
| align=center|  Oo  || ''o'' || {{IPA|/ɔ,o/}} ||
|-
| align=center|  Pp  || ''pi'' || {{IPA|/p/}} ||
|-
| align=center|  Qq  || ''kiu'' || {{IPA|/q/}} ||
|-
| align=center|  Rr  || ''ar'' || {{IPA|/r/}} ||
|-
| align=center|  Ss  || ''es'' || {{IPA|/s/}} ||
|-
| align=center|  Tt  || ''ti'' || {{IPA|/t/}} ||
|-
| align=center|  Uu  || ''iu'' || {{IPA|/u/}} ||
|-
| align=center|  Vv  || ''vi'' || {{IPA|/v, ʋ/}} ||
|-
| align=center|  Ww  || ''dabaliu'' || {{IPA|/w/}} ||
|-
| align=center|  Xx  || ''eks'' || {{IPA|/s/}} / {{IPA|/z/}} ||
|-
| align=center|  Yy  || ''wai'' || {{IPA|/j/}} ||
|-
| align=center|  Zz  || ''zed'' || {{IPA|/z/}} ||
|}

'''Diphthongs'''

'''Consonant combinations'''

==Usage==
Actual written examples of the Malay language:

'''Good day''' <blockquote>
Apa khabar
</blockquote>

'''What is your name?''' <blockquote>
Siapa nama awak?
</blockquote>

'''Do you speak Malay?''' <blockquote>
Awak boleh cakap bahasa Melayu ke?
</blockquote>

==Related pages==
* [[Malay language]]

==Other websites==
* [http://www.linguanaut.com/malay_alphabet.htm Malay alphabet]
* [http://www.omniglot.com/writing/malay.htm Omniglot]
* [http://homepage3.nifty.com/inj/ucapan.htm Coba-coba(Cuba-cuba) Bahasa Indonesia ＆ Bahasa Melayu] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081007102635/http://homepage3.nifty.com/inj/ucapan.htm |date=2008-10-07 }}
* [http://www.geocities.com/pendidikmy/cikgupjj/esei2.html Sistem Ejaan Bahasa Melayu] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090124084714/http://geocities.com/pendidikmy/cikgupjj/esei2.html |date=2009-01-24 }}
* [http://www.educ.upm.edu.my/~yahya/Download/PanduanUmumEjaanBahasaMelayu.pdf Pedoman Umum Ejaan Bahasa Melayu] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060504013228/http://www.educ.upm.edu.my/~yahya/Download/PanduanUmumEjaanBahasaMelayu.pdf |date=2006-05-04 }}

[[Category:Alphabets]]


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