Sounds
Hiligaynon has sixteen consonants: /p t k b d ɡ m n ŋ s h w l ɾ j/. There are three main vowels: /a/, /ɛ ~ i/, and /o ~ ʊ/. and (both spelled i) are allophones, with in the beginning and middle and sometimes final syllables and in final syllables. The vowels and are also allophones, with always being used when it is the beginning of a syllable, and always used when it ends a syllable. Consonants and were once allophones but cannot interchange as in other Philippine languages: patawaron (to forgive) but not patawadon, and tagadiín (from where) but not tagariín.
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