The charts below show the way in which the بین الاقوامی صوتیاتی ابجد (IPA) represents برمی زبان pronunciations in Wikipedia articles.
See Burmese phonology for a more thorough discussion of the sounds of Burmese.
| حرف صحیحs
|
| IPA |
Burmese example |
English approximation
|
| [[|b]]
|
ဘဲ [bɛ́] |
bat
|
| [[|d]]
|
ဓာတ် [daʔ] |
dye
|
| [[|dʑ]]
|
ဂျင် [dʑɪ̀ɴ] |
Jew
|
| [[|ð]]
|
အညာသား [ʔəɲàðá] |
this
|
| [[|ɡ]]
|
ဂုဏ် [ɡòʊ̯ɴ] |
gate
|
| [[|h]]
|
ဟုတ် [hoʊ̯ʔ] |
hone
|
| [[|j]]
|
ယား [já] |
yield
|
| [[|k]]
|
ကုန် [kòʊ̯ɴ] |
skate[1]
|
| kʰ
|
ခုန် [kʰòʊ̯ɴ] |
Kate[2]
|
| [[|l]]
|
လုပ် [loʊ̯ʔ] |
lay
|
| l̥
|
လှုပ် [l̥oʊ̯ʔ] |
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 [kʰàɴ] |
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]]
|
တိရစ္ဆာန် [təɹeɪ̯ʔsʰàɴ][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 [ʔoʊ̯ʔ] |
uh-oh, Cockney bottle
|
| مصوتs
|
| IPA |
Burmese example |
English approximation
|
| [[|a]]
|
နား [ná] |
father
|
| aɪ̯
|
နိုင် [nàɪ̯ɴ] |
might
|
| aʊ̯
|
နောက် [naʊ̯ʔ] |
mouth[5]
|
| [[|e]]
|
နေ [nè] |
Scottish English mate
|
| eɪ
|
နိပ် [neɪʔ] |
may[5]
|
| [[|ɛ]]
|
နယ် [nɛ̀] |
met
|
| [[|ə]]
|
ခလုတ် [kʰəloʊ̯ʔ] |
comma
|
| [[|i]]
|
နီး [ní] |
meet
|
| [[|ɪ]]
|
နင်း [nɪ́ɴ] |
mit[5]
|
| [[|o]]
|
နို့ [no̰] |
Scottish English note
|
| oʊ̯
|
နုန်း [nóʊ̯ɴ] |
mow[5]
|
| [[|ɔ]]
|
နော် [nɔ̀] |
bought
|
| [[|u]]
|
နှူး [n̥ú] |
moot
|
| [[|ʊ]]
|
နွမ်း [nʊ́ɴ] |
foot[5]
|
| لہجے والی زبان
|
| 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 وقف مزمار), medium duration, high intensity, high (often slightly falling) pitch
|
- ^ ا ب پ ت Unaspirated, like /p t k/ etc. in Romance or Slavic languages.
- ^ ا ب پ ت ٹ 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. It is never uvular, more functioning as a nasal approximant, either alveolar or velar. See here for more details.
- ↑ A marginal consonant in Burmese, /ɹ/ occurs only in foreign words, and even there is often replaced by /j/ or /l/.
- ^ ا ب پ ت ٹ The sounds [aʊ̯], [eɪ̯], [ɪ], [oʊ̯], and [ʊ] are allophones of /ɔ/, /e/, /i/, /o/, and /u/ respectively, occurring in ہجاs, i.e. before /ɴ/ and /ʔ/.
