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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 [bɛ́] |
bat
|
d
|
ဓာတ် [daʔ] |
dye
|
dʑ
|
ဂျင် [dʑɪ̀ɴ] |
Jew
|
ð
|
အညာသား [ʔəɲàðá] |
this
|
ɡ
|
ဂုဏ် [ɡòʊɴ] |
gate
|
h
|
ဟုတ် [hoʊʔ] |
hone
|
j
|
ယား [já] |
yield
|
k
|
ကုန် [kòʊɴ] |
skate[1]
|
kʰ
|
ခုန် [kʰòʊɴ] |
Kate[2]
|
l
|
လုပ် [loʊʔ] |
lay
|
l̥
|
လှုပ် [l̥oʊʔ] |
play; like /l/ but voiceless
|
m
|
မတ် [maʔ] |
much
|
m̥
|
မှတ် [m̥aʔ] |
None; like /m/ but voiceless
|
n
|
နမ်း [náɴ] |
not
|
n̥
|
နှမ်း [n̥áɴ] |
None; like /n/ but voiceless
|
ɴ
|
ခံ [kʰaɴ] |
somewhat like long[3]
|
ɲ
|
ညစ် [ɲɪʔ] |
canyon
|
ɲ̥
|
ညှစ် [ɲ̥ɪʔ] |
None; like /ɲ/, but voiceless
|
ŋ
|
ငါး [ŋá] |
sing
|
ŋ̊
|
ငှါး [ŋ̊á] |
None; like /ŋ/, but voiceless
|
p
|
ပဲ [pɛ́] |
spat[1]
|
pʰ
|
ဖဲ [pʰɛ́] |
pat[2]
|
ɹ
|
အမရပူရ [ʔəməɹa̰pùɹa̰][4] |
rock
|
s
|
စာ [sà] |
gas
|
sʰ
|
ဆာ [sʰà] |
grass hut[2]
|
ʃ
|
ရှာ [ʃà] |
shoe
|
t
|
တတ် [taʔ] |
sty[1]
|
tʰ
|
ထပ် [tʰaʔ] |
tie[2]
|
tɕ
|
ကြဉ် [tɕɪ̀ɴ] |
itch[1]
|
tɕʰ
|
ချင် [tɕʰɪ̀ɴ] |
chew[2]
|
θ
|
သတ် [θaʔ] |
thin
|
w
|
ဝါး [wá] |
wield
|
z
|
ဇာ [zà] |
zoo
|
ʔ
|
အုတ် [ʔoʊʔ] |
uh-oh, Cockney bottle
|
|
Vowels
|
IPA |
Burmese examples |
Approximate English equivalent
|
a
|
နား [ná] |
father
|
aɪ
|
နိုင် [nàɪɴ] |
might
|
aʊ
|
နောက် [naʊʔ] |
mouth[5]
|
e
|
နေ [nè] |
Scottish English mate
|
eɪ
|
နိပ် [neɪʔ] |
may[5]
|
ɛ
|
နယ် [nɛ̀] |
met
|
ə
|
ခလုတ် [kʰəloʊʔ] |
comma
|
i
|
နီး [ní] |
meet
|
ɪ
|
နင်း [nɪ́ɴ] |
mit[5]
|
o
|
နို့ [no̰] |
Scottish English note
|
oʊ
|
နုန်း [nóʊɴ] |
mow[5]
|
ɔ
|
နော် [nɔ̀] |
bought
|
u
|
နှူး [n̥ú] |
moot
|
ʊ
|
နွမ်း [nʊ́ɴ] |
foot[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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