Editing Tagalog language (section)

===Stress and final glottal stop===
[[Stress (linguistics)|Stress]] is a [[distinctive feature]] in Tagalog. Primary stress occurs on either the final or the penultimate syllable of a word. Vowel lengthening accompanies primary or secondary stress except when stress occurs at the end of a word.

Tagalog words are often distinguished from one another by the position of the stress or the presence of a final glottal stop. In formal or academic settings, stress placement and the glottal stop are indicated by a [[diacritic]] (''tuldík'') above the final vowel.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Himmelmann |first=Nikolaus |title=The Austronesian Languages of Asia and Madagascar |date=2005 |publisher=Routledge |editor-last=Adelaar |editor-first=K. Alexander |location=London |pages=350–376 |chapter=Tagalog |editor-last2=Himmelmann |editor-first2=Nikolaus}}</ref> The penultimate primary stress position (''malumay'') is the default stress type and so is left unwritten except in dictionaries.

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|+ Phonetic comparison of Tagalog homographs based on stress and final glottal stop
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! Common spelling
! Stressed non-ultimate syllable<br/>no diacritic
! Stressed ultimate syllable<br/>acute accent (´)
! Unstressed ultimate syllable with glottal stop<br/>grave accent (`)
! Stressed ultimate syllable with glottal stop<br/>circumflex accent (^)
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! baba
| {{IPA|[ˈbaba]}} ''baba'' ('father')
| {{IPA|[baˈba]}} ''babá'' ('piggy back')
| {{IPA|[ˈbabaʔ]}} ''babà'' ('chin')
| {{IPA|[bɐˈbaʔ]}} ''babâ'' ('descend [imperative]')
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! baka
| {{IPA|[ˈbaka]}} ''baka'' ('cow')
| {{IPA|[bɐˈka]}} ''baká'' ('possible')
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! bata
| {{IPA|[ˈbata]}} ''bata'' ('bath robe')
| {{IPA|[bɐˈta]}} ''batá'' ('persevere')
| {{IPA|[ˈbataʔ]}} ''batà'' ('child')
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! bayaran
| {{IPA|[bɐˈjaran]}} ''bayaran'' ('pay [imperative]')
| {{IPA|[bɐjɐˈran]}} ''bayarán'' ('for hire')
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! labi
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| {{IPA|[ˈlabɛʔ]}}/{{IPA|[ˈlabiʔ]}} ''labì'' ('lips')
| {{IPA|[lɐˈbɛʔ]}}/{{IPA|[lɐˈbiʔ]}} ''labî'' ('remains')
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! pito
| {{IPA|[ˈpito]}} ''pito'' ('whistle')
| {{IPA|[pɪˈto]}} ''pitó'' ('seven')
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! sala
| {{IPA|[ˈsala]}} ''sala'' ('living room')
| {{IPA|[saˈla]}} ''salá'' ('interweaving [of bamboo slats]')
| {{IPA|[ˈsalaʔ]}} ''salà'' ('sin')
| {{IPA|[sɐˈlaʔ]}} ''salâ'' ('filtered')
|}