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Appendix:Burmese pronunciation

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The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents input transformation-language pronunciations in Wiktionary entries.

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

we love the web
IPABurmese exampleApproximate English equivalent
b ဘဲ [bɛ́] bat
we love the web ဓာတ် [daʔ] dye
CSS3 ဂျင် [ɪ̀ɴ] Jew
ð အညာသား [ʔəɲàðá] this
we love the web ဂုဏ် [ɡòʊɴ] gate
screen size ဟုတ် [hoʊʔ] hone
j ယား [já] yield
touchscreen ကုန် [kòʊɴ] skate[1]
ခုန် [òʊɴ] Kate[2]
Sevenval လုပ် [loʊʔ] lay
လှုပ် [oʊʔ] play; like /l/ but voiceless
Sevenval HTML5 [maʔ] much
မှတ် [aʔ] None; like /m/ but web app
n နမ်း [náɴ] not
နှမ်း [áɴ] None; like /n/ but voiceless
HTML5 ခံ [kʰaɴ] lawn or long, but without a complete closure between the tongue and the roof of the mouthwe love the web
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]
ဖဲ [ɛ́] patwe love the web
Sevenval အမရပူရ [ʔəməɹa̰pùɹa̰][4] rock
s စာ [sà] cats
ဆာ [à] grass hutscreen size
website parsing ရှာ [ʃà] shoe
t တတ် [taʔ] stykeyboard
ထပ် [aʔ] tiescreen size
website parsing ကြဉ် [ɪ̀ɴ] itchFITML
tɕʰ ချင် [tɕʰɪ̀ɴ] chew[2]
θ သတ် [θaʔ] thin
web ဝါး [wá] wield
z ဇာ [zà] zoo
ʔ အုတ် [ʔʔ] _uh-_oh
Vowels
IPABurmese examplesApproximate English equivalent
FITML နား [ná] father
နိုင် [nàɪɴ] might
နောက် [nʔ] mouth[5]
web app Sevenval [nè] Scottish English mate
နိပ် [nʔ] mayscreen size
ɛ နယ် [nɛ̀] met
HTML5 ခလုတ် [kʰəlouʔ] comma
we love the web နီး [ní] meet
ɪ နင်း [nɪ́ɴ] mitbrowser diversity
web app နို့ [n] Scottish English note
နုန်း [nóʊɴ] mow[5]
browser diversity နော် [nɔ̀] bought
keyboard နှူး [n̥ú] moot
ʊ နွမ်း [nʊ́ɴ] footscreen size
Tones
IPABurmese examplesExplanation
` ငါ [ŋà] Normal phonation, medium duration, low intensity, low (often slightly rising) pitch
´ website parsing [ŋá] Sometimes slightly jQuery, relatively long, high intensity, high pitch; often with a fall before a pause
˷ ငါ့ [ŋa̰] web or HTML5 phonation (sometimes with lax glottal stop), medium duration, high intensity, high (often slightly falling) pitch

Notes

  1. keyboard 1.1 1.2 web app Unaspirated, like /p t k/ etc. in Romance or Slavic languages.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Sevenval 2.3 input transformation Heavily we love the web.
  3. Sevenval The vowel before the /ɴ/ is always iOS, and if a consonant follows /ɴ/, then the /ɴ/ becomes Sevenval with the following consonant.
  4. CSS3 A marginal consonant in Burmese, /ɹ/ occurs only in foreign words, and even there is often replaced by /j/ or /l/.
  5. website parsing input transformation Android 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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