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
[[ਫਰਮਾ:IPAsym|b]] ဘဲ [bɛ́] bat
[[ਫਰਮਾ:IPAsym|d]] ဓာတ် [daʔ] dye
[[ਫਰਮਾ:IPAsym|dʑ]] ဂျင် [ɪ̀ɴ] Jew
[[ਫਰਮਾ:IPAsym|ð]] အညာသား [ʔəɲàðá] this
[[ਫਰਮਾ:IPAsym|ɡ]] ဂုဏ် [ɡòʊɴ] gate
[[ਫਰਮਾ:IPAsym|h]] ဟုတ် [hoʊʔ] hone
[[ਫਰਮਾ:IPAsym|j]] ယား [já] yield
[[ਫਰਮਾ:IPAsym|k]] ကုန် [kòʊɴ] skate[1]
ခုန် [òʊɴ] Kate[2]
[[ਫਰਮਾ:IPAsym|l]] လုပ် [loʊʔ] lay
လှုပ် [oʊʔ] play; like /l/ but voiceless
[[ਫਰਮਾ:IPAsym|m]] မတ် [maʔ] much
မှတ် [aʔ] None; like /m/ but voiceless
[[ਫਰਮਾ:IPAsym|n]] နမ်း [náɴ] not
နှမ်း [áɴ] None; like /n/ but voiceless
[[ਫਰਮਾ:IPAsym|ɴ]] ခံ [kʰaɴ] somewhat like long[3]
[[ਫਰਮਾ:IPAsym|ɲ]] ညစ် [ɲɪʔ] canyon
ɲ̥ ညှစ် [ɲ̥ɪʔ] None; like /ɲ/, but voiceless
[[ਫਰਮਾ:IPAsym|ŋ]] ငါး [ŋá] sing
ŋ̊ ငှါး [ŋ̊á] None; like /ŋ/, but voiceless
[[ਫਰਮਾ:IPAsym|p]] ပဲ [pɛ́] spat[1]
ဖဲ [ɛ́] pat[2]
[[ਫਰਮਾ:IPAsym|ɹ]] အမရပူရ [ʔəməɹa̰pùɹa̰][4] rock
[[ਫਰਮਾ:IPAsym|s]] စာ [sà] gas
ဆာ [à] grass hut[2]
[[ਫਰਮਾ:IPAsym|ʃ]] ရှာ [ʃà] shoe
[[ਫਰਮਾ:IPAsym|t]] တတ် [taʔ] sty[1]
ထပ် [aʔ] tie[2]
[[ਫਰਮਾ:IPAsym|tɕ]] ကြဉ် [ɪ̀ɴ] itch[1]
tɕʰ ချင် [tɕʰɪ̀ɴ] chew[2]
[[ਫਰਮਾ:IPAsym|θ]] သတ် [θaʔ] thin
[[ਫਰਮਾ:IPAsym|w]] ဝါး [wá] wield
[[ਫਰਮਾ:IPAsym|z]] ဇာ [zà] zoo
[[ਫਰਮਾ:IPAsym|ʔ]] အုတ် [ʔʔ] uh-oh, Cockney bottle
Vowels
IPA Burmese examples Approximate English equivalent
[[ਫਰਮਾ:IPAsym|a]] နား [ná] father
နိုင် [nàɪɴ] might
နောက် [nʔ] mouth[5]
[[ਫਰਮਾ:IPAsym|e]] နေ [nè] Scottish English mate
နိပ် [nʔ] may[5]
[[ਫਰਮਾ:IPAsym|ɛ]] နယ် [nɛ̀] met
[[ਫਰਮਾ:IPAsym|ə]] ခလုတ် [kʰəloʊʔ] comma
[[ਫਰਮਾ:IPAsym|i]] နီး [ní] meet
[[ਫਰਮਾ:IPAsym|ɪ]] နင်း [nɪ́ɴ] mit[5]
[[ਫਰਮਾ:IPAsym|o]] နို့ [n] Scottish English note
နုန်း [nóʊɴ] mow[5]
[[ਫਰਮਾ:IPAsym|ɔ]] နော် [nɔ̀] bought
[[ਫਰਮਾ:IPAsym|u]] နှူး [n̥ú] moot
[[ਫਰਮਾ:IPAsym|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. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Unaspirated, like /p t k/ etc. in Romance or Slavic languages.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Heavily aspirated.
  3. The vowel before the /ɴ/ is always nasalized, and if a consonant follows /ɴ/, then the /ɴ/ becomes homorganic with the following consonant.
  4. A marginal consonant in Burmese, /ɹ/ occurs only in foreign words, and even there is often replaced by /j/ or /l/.
  5. 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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