Tagalog Optional Glottal Stops

Technically, the following vowels begin with a glottal stop.

vowels	example	pronunciation	meaning
vowels at the beginning of a word	aso	“‘aso”	dog
vowels following a hyphen	mag-aral	“mag’aral”	to study
vowels following another vowel	maaga	“ma’aga”	early

vowels	vowels at the beginning of a word
example	aso
pronunciation	“‘aso”
meaning	dog

vowels	vowels following another vowel
example	maaga
pronunciation	“ma’aga”
meaning	early

However, these glottal stops usually disappear in rapid speech.

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