ᥛᥥᥓᥣᥙᥘᥥᥝ ᥘᥦᥲ ᥛᥥᥓᥣᥙᥔᥣᥖ - မႄႈၵပ်းငဝ်ႈလႄႈ မႄၵပ်းသွၼ့် Vowels and diphthongs

Saturday, January 23, 2010

Vowels and diphthongs
Consonants that are not followed by a vowel letter are pronounced with the inherent vowel [a]. Other vowels are indicated with the following letters:

Letter Transcription TAI(Shan) & IPA

     ဢႃ       a [aː]
ᥤ     ဢီ         i [i]
     ဢု         u [u]
     ဢေ     ee [e]
     ဢူ         oo [o]
     ဢႄ      eh [ɛ]
     ဢေႃ     o [ɔ]
     ဢိုဝ်      ue [ɯ]
     ဢိူဝ်      e [ə]
     ဢႂ်         aue [aɯ]
ᥭ     ဢႆ ၊ ဢၺ်     ai [ai]

Diphthongs are formed by combining some vowel letters with the consonant ᥝ [w] and some vowel letters with ᥭ [ai]/[j].

ᥛᥥᥓᥣᥙᥘᥥᥝ - မႄႈၵပ်းငဝ်ႈ Consonants

Saturday, January 9, 2010

Consonants
Letter Transcription TAI(Shan) & IPA

    ၵ       k [k]
    ၶျ      x [x]
ᥒ          ng [ŋ]
         ts [ts]
         s [s]
         y [j]
         t [t]
ᥗ         th [tʰ]
         l [l]
ᥙ          p [p]
        ph [pʰ]
ᥛ    မ      m [m]
        f [f]
     ဝ     v [w]
ᥞ    ႁ      h [h]
ᥟ        q [ʔ]
ᥠ     ၶ     kh [kʰ]
    သျ   tsh [tsʰ]
ᥢ    ၼ    n [n]

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