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

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

Consonants
IPA Burmese example Approximate English equivalent
ဘဲ /bɛ́/bat
ဓာတ် /daʔ/dye
ဂျင် /ìɴ/juice
အညာသား /ʔəɲàðá/this
ဂုဏ် /ɡòuɴ/gate
ဟုတ် /houʔ/hone
ယား /já/yield
ကုန် /kòuɴ/skate[]
ခုန် /òʊɴ/Kate[]
လုပ် /louʔ/lay
လှုပ် /ouʔ/play; like /l/ but voiceless
မတ် /maʔ/much
မှတ် /aʔ/None; like /m/ but voiceless
နမ်း /náɴ/not
နှမ်း /áɴ/None; like /n/ but voiceless
ခံ /kʰàɴ/lawn or long, but without a complete closure between the tongue and the roof of the mouth[]
ညစ် /ɲiʔ/canyon
ɲ̥ ညှစ် /ɲ̥iʔ/None; like /ɲ/, but voiceless
ငါး /ŋá/sing
ŋ̊ ငှါး /ŋ̊á/None; like /ŋ/, but voiceless
ပဲ /pɛ́/spat[]
ဖဲ /ɛ́/pat[]
တိရစ္ဆာန် /təɹeiʔsʰàɴ/[]rock
စာ /sà/cats
ဆာ /à/grass hut[]
ရှာ /ʃà/shoe
တတ် /taʔ/sty[]
ထပ် /aʔ/tie[]
ကြဉ် /ìɴ/itch[]
tɕʰ ချင် /tɕʰìɴ/chew[]
သတ် /θaʔ/thin
ဝါး /wá/wield
ဝှက် /ɛʔ/white[]
ဇာ /zà/zoo
အုတ် /ʔouʔ/_uh-_oh
Vowels
IPA Burmese example Approximate English equivalent
နား /ná/father
ai ~  နိုင် /nàiɴ/, [nã̀ɪ̃ɰ̃]might[]
au ~  နောက် /nauʔ/, [nʔ]mouth[]
နေ /nè/Scottish English mate
ei ~  နိပ် /neiʔ/, [nʔ]may[]
နယ် /nɛ̀/met
ခလုတ် /kʰəlouʔ/comma
နီး /ní/meet
နင်း /níɴ/, [nɪ̃́ɰ̃]mit[]
နို့ /n/Scottish English note
ou ~  နုန်း /nóuɴ/, [nṍʊ̃ɰ̃]mow[]
နော် /nɔ̀/bought
နှူး /n̥ú/moot
နွမ်း /núɴ/, [nʊ̃́ɰ̃]foot[]
Tones
IPA Burmese example 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 2 3 4 Unaspirated, like /p t k/ etc. in Romance or Slavic languages.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 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. In accents without the wine–whine merger, e.g. Scottish English, Irish English, and some varieties of American English.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 The sounds [aɪ], [aʊ], [eɪ], [ɪ], [oʊ], and [ʊ] are allophones of /ai/, /au/, /ei/, /i/, /ou/, and /u/ respectively, occurring in closed syllables, i.e. before /ɴ/ and /ʔ/.