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This page contains Burmese script. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Burmese script.

The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents the Burmese language pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see Template:IPA and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.

See Burmese phonology for a more thorough discussion of the sounds of Burmese.

Consonants
IPABurmese exampleEnglish approximation
bဘဲ [bɛ́]bat
dဓာတ် [daʔ]dye
dʑဂျင် [dʑɪ̀ɰ̃]jump
ð[a]အညာသား [ʔəɲàðá]this
ɡဂုဏ် [ɡòʊɰ̃]gate
hဟုတ် [hoʊʔ]hone
jယား [já]yield
k[b]ကုန် [kòʊɰ̃]scan
kʰ[c]ခုန် [kʰòʊɰ̃]can
lလုပ် [loʊʔ]lay
l̥လှုပ် [l̥oʊʔ]play; like a clear /l/ but voiceless
mမတ် [maʔ]much
m̥မှတ် [m̥aʔ]wormhole
nနမ်း [náɰ̃]not
n̥နှမ်း [n̥áɰ̃]unhappy
ɲညစ် [ɲɪʔ]canyon
ɲ̥ညှစ် [ɲ̥ɪʔ]None; like /ɲ/, but voiceless
ŋငါး [ŋá]sing
ŋ̊ငှါး [ŋ̊á]Shanghai
p[b]ပဲ [pɛ́]spat
pʰ[c]ဖဲ [pʰɛ́]pat
ɹ[d]တိရစ္ဆာန် [təɹeɪʔsʰàɰ̃]rock
sစာ [sà]gas
sʰ[c]ဆာ [sʰà]monkshood
ʃရှာ [ʃà]shoe
t[b]တတ် [taʔ]stop
tʰ[c]ထပ် [tʰaʔ]top
tɕ[b]ကြဉ် [tɕɪ̀ɰ̃]itch
tɕʰ[c]ချင် [tɕʰɪ̀ɰ̃]chew
θ[e]သတ် [θaʔ]thin
wဝါး [wá]wield
ʍလက်ဝှေ့ [lɛʔʍḛ]what in some conservative dialects; voiceless /w/
ɰ̃[f]ခံ [kʰàɰ̃](see footnote)
zဇာ [zà]zoo
ʔအုတ် [ʔoʊʔ]uh-oh, Cockney bottle
Vowels
IPABurmese exampleEnglish approximation
aနား [ná]father
aɪနိုင် [nàɪɰ̃]might
aʊ[g]နောက် [naʊʔ]mouth
eနေ [nè]Scottish English mate
eɪ[g]နိပ် [neɪʔ]may
ɛနယ် [nɛ̀]met
ə[h]ခလုတ် [kʰəloʊʔ]comma
iနီး [ní]meet
ɪ[g]နင်း [nɪ́ɰ̃]mit
oနို့ [no̰]Scottish English note
oʊ[g]နုန်း [nóʊɰ̃]mow
ɔနော် [nɔ̀]or
uနှူး [n̥ú]moot
ʊ[g]နွမ်း [nʊ́ɰ̃]cook
Tones
IPABurmese examplesExplanation
`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

Notes

See also

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