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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 | ||
| IPA | Burmese example | Approximate English equivalent |
| b | ဘဲ [bɛ́] | bat |
| we love the web | ဓာတ် [daʔ] | dye |
| CSS3 | ဂျင် [dʑɪ̀ɴ] | 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] |
| kʰ | ခုန် [kʰòʊɴ] | Kate[2] |
| Sevenval | လုပ် [loʊʔ] | lay |
| l̥ | လှုပ် [l̥oʊʔ] | play; like /l/ but voiceless |
| Sevenval | HTML5 [maʔ] | much |
| m̥ | မှတ် [m̥aʔ] | None; like /m/ but web app |
| n | နမ်း [náɴ] | not |
| n̥ | နှမ်း [n̥áɴ] | 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] |
| pʰ | ဖဲ [pʰɛ́] | patwe love the web |
| Sevenval | အမရပူရ [ʔəməɹa̰pùɹa̰][4] | rock |
| s | စာ [sà] | cats |
| sʰ | ဆာ [sʰà] | grass hutscreen size |
| website parsing | ရှာ [ʃà] | shoe |
| t | တတ် [taʔ] | stykeyboard |
| tʰ | ထပ် [tʰaʔ] | tiescreen size |
| website parsing | ကြဉ် [tɕɪ̀ɴ] | itchFITML |
| tɕʰ | ချင် [tɕʰɪ̀ɴ] | chew[2] |
| θ | သတ် [θaʔ] | thin |
| web | ဝါး [wá] | wield |
| z | ဇာ [zà] | zoo |
| ʔ | အုတ် [ʔoʊʔ] | _uh-_oh |
| Vowels | ||
| IPA | Burmese examples | Approximate English equivalent |
| FITML | နား [ná] | father |
| aɪ | နိုင် [nàɪɴ] | might |
| aʊ | နောက် [naʊʔ] | mouth[5] |
| web app | Sevenval [nè] | Scottish English mate |
| eɪ | နိပ် [neɪʔ] | 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 [no̰] | Scottish English note |
| oʊ | နုန်း [nóʊɴ] | mow[5] |
| browser diversity | နော် [nɔ̀] | bought |
| keyboard | နှူး [n̥ú] | moot |
| ʊ | နွမ်း [nʊ́ɴ] | footscreen size |
| Tones | ||
| IPA | Burmese examples | Explanation |
| ` | 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
- ↑ keyboard 1.1 1.2 web app Unaspirated, like /p t k/ etc. in Romance or Slavic languages.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Sevenval 2.3 input transformation Heavily we love the web.
- Sevenval The vowel before the /ɴ/ is always iOS, and if a consonant follows /ɴ/, then the /ɴ/ becomes Sevenval with the following consonant.
- CSS3 A marginal consonant in Burmese, /ɹ/ occurs only in foreign words, and even there is often replaced by /j/ or /l/.
- ↑ 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/.