Phonology
Another noticeable difference is the usage of the closed syllable, a practice that has completely disappeared in the Manila dialect . The town of Tanauan is actually pronounced whereas it would be pronounced as by other Tagalog-speakers. This is also true with words like matamis, pronounced matam-is and a couple of other more words.
As mentioned above, Batangan is more closely related to the ancient Tagalog. Thus the merger of the phonemes and and the phonemes and are prevalent.
Something prevalent in Batangan that is lacking in other dialects is the sound and . However, unlike its English counterpart, these diphthongs are sounded mainly on the first vowel and very rapidly only on the second. This is very similar to the in the Spanish word educación and the first in the Italian word Antonio.
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