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The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Burmese language pronunciations in Wikipedia articles.
See Burmese phonology for a more thorough discussion of the sounds of Burmese.
Consonants
IPA
Burmese example
English approximation
b
ဘဲ [b ɛ́]
b at
d
ဓာတ် [d aʔ]
d ye
dʑ
ဂျင် [dʑ ɪ̀ɴ]
J ew
ð
အညာသား [ʔəɲàð á]
th is
ɡ
ဂုဏ် [ɡ òʊɴ]
g ate
h
ဟုတ် [h oʊʔ]
h one
j
ယား [j á]
y ield
k
ကုန် [k òʊɴ]
sk ate[ 1]
kʰ
ခုန် [kʰ òʊɴ]
K ate[ 2]
l
လုပ် [l oʊʔ]
l ay
l̥
လှုပ် [l̥ oʊʔ]
pl ay; like /l/ but voiceless
m
မတ် [m aʔ]
m uch
m̥
မှတ် [m̥ aʔ]
None; like /m/ but voiceless
n
နမ်း [n áɴ]
n ot
n̥
နှမ်း [n̥ áɴ]
None; like /n/ but voiceless
ɴ
ခံ [kʰaɴ ]
somewhat like long [ 3]
ɲ
ညစ် [ɲ ɪʔ]
cany on
ɲ̥
ညှစ် [ɲ̥ ɪʔ]
None; like /ɲ/ , but voiceless
ŋ
ငါး [ŋ á]
sing
ŋ̊
ငှါး [ŋ̊ á]
None; like /ŋ/ , but voiceless
p
ပဲ [p ɛ́]
sp at[ 1]
pʰ
ဖဲ [pʰ ɛ́]
p at[ 2]
ɹ
အမရပူရ [ʔəməɹ a̰pùɹ a̰] [ 4]
r ock
s
စာ [s à]
gas
sʰ
ဆာ [sʰ à]
grass h ut[ 2]
ʃ
ရှာ [ʃ à]
sh oe
t
တတ် [t aʔ]
st y[ 1]
tʰ
ထပ် [tʰ aʔ]
t ie[ 2]
tɕ
ကြဉ် [tɕ ɪ̀ɴ]
itch [ 1]
tɕʰ
ချင် [tɕʰ ɪ̀ɴ]
ch ew[ 2]
θ
သတ် [θ aʔ]
th in
w
ဝါး [w á]
w ield
z
ဇာ [z à]
z oo
ʔ
အုတ် [ʔ oʊʔ ]
uh- oh, Cockney bott le
Vowels
IPA
Burmese examples
Approximate English equivalent
a
နား [ná ]
fa ther
aɪ
နိုင် [nàɪ ɴ]
migh t
aʊ
နောက် [naʊ ʔ]
mou th[ 5]
e
နေ [nè ]
Scottish English ma te
eɪ
နိပ် [neɪ ʔ]
may [ 5]
ɛ
နယ် [nɛ̀ ]
me t
ə
ခလုတ် [kʰə loʊʔ]
comma
i
နီး [ní ]
mee t
ɪ
နင်း [nɪ́ ɴ]
mi t[ 5]
o
နို့ [no̰ ]
Scottish English no te
oʊ
နုန်း [nóʊ ɴ]
mow [ 5]
ɔ
နော် [nɔ̀ ]
bough t
u
နှူး [n̥ú ]
moo t
ʊ
နွမ်း [nʊ́ ɴ]
foo t[ 5]
Tones
IPA
Burmese examples
Explanation
`
ငါ [ŋà]
Normal phonation , medium duration, low intensity, low (often slightly rising) pitch
´
ငါး [ŋá]
Sometimes slightly breathy , relatively long, high intensity, high pitch; often with a fall before a pause
˷
ငါ့ [ŋa̰]
Tense or creaky phonation (sometimes with lax glottal stop ), medium duration, high intensity, high (often slightly falling) pitch
↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Unaspirated , like /p t k/ etc. in Romance or Slavic languages.
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Heavily aspirated .
↑ The vowel before the /ɴ/ is always nasalized , and if a consonant follows /ɴ/ , then the /ɴ/ becomes homorganic with the following consonant.
↑ A marginal consonant in Burmese, /ɹ/ occurs only in foreign words, and even there is often replaced by /j/ or /l/ .
↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 The sounds [aʊ] , [eɪ] , [ɪ] , [oʊ] , and [ʊ] are allophones of /ɔ/ , /e/ , /i/ , /o/ , and /u/ respectively, occurring in closed syllables , i.e. before /ɴ/ and /ʔ/ .
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