Burmese pronunciation and romanisation template, relying on Module:my-pron. This generates the IPA pronunciation and romanisation of Burmese in four systems. See Wiktionary:Burmese transliteration for an introduction to Burmese spelling and romanisations.

Parameters

{{my-IPA|respelling 1|respelling 2|...}}
  • Optional: For phonologically irregular words, parameters 1 – ∞ can be used to specify “phonetic respellings” from which IPA and romanisations can be accurately inferred. These respellings can be minor (using tricks to supplement the orthography, see below) or major (using complete phonetic respellings, also see below).
    • Minor respellings are preferred over major respellings, when they are feasible.
    • Of the four romanisation schemes, two are based on orthography (MLCTS and ALA-LC), and two are based on pronunciation (BGN-PCGN and Okell). Thus, the phonetic respellings will only affect the romanisations generated for the pronunciation-based romanisation schemes, not the orthography-based ones. i.e. if there are two specified respellings for word A, there will be one romanisation in each of the orthography-based schemes, and two romanisations in each of the pronunciation-based schemes.
  • An additional |word= parameter is used to indicate the spelling, from which the orthography-based romanisations (MLCTS and ALA-LC) can be inferred. It should be cautiously used in the main namespace; it may be useful in cases where spaces in the romanisation are desired, or where the spelling does not conform to usual Burmese orthography rules.

Minor respelling tricks

  • ': the previous syllable is a minor syllable.
  • +: there is voicing of the following syllable.
  • -: the following (bha.) is pronounced /pʰ/.
  • *: the following consonant is pronounced as it is spelled, i.e. /ɹ/ for , /lj/ for လျ and /l̥j/ for လျှ, instead of /j/, /j/ and /ʃ/, respectively.

If a word requires major respelling

The respelling can be in either the Burmese or the Latin (ASCII) script. The tables below demonstrate the possible initials and finals of a Burmese syllable, and the correspondences between the two respelling systems and the IPA pronunciation. This Burmese picker tool can be helpful for generating a Burmese-script respelling.

Initials

Plain
Bilabial Dental Alveolar Postalveolar
Palatal
Velar Glottal Placeless
Nasal /m̥/ မှ hm
/m/ m
/n̥/ နှ hn
/n/ n
/ɲ̊/ ညှ hny
/ɲ/ ny
/ŋ̊/ ငှ hng
/ŋ/ ng
Stop/Affricate /p/ p
/pʰ/ hp
/b/ b
/t/ t
/tʰ/ ht
/d/ d
/t͡ɕ/ ကျ c
/t͡ɕʰ/ ချ hc
/d͡ʑ/ ဂျ j
/k/ က k
/kʰ/ hk
/ɡ/ g
/ʔ/
Fricative /θ/ th
/ð/ +သ +th
/s/ s
/sʰ/ hs
/z/ z
/ʃ/ ရှ hy /h/ h
Approximant/Lateral (/ɹ/ *ရ r) /j/ y (/w̥/ ဝှ hw)
/w/ w
/l̥/ လှ hl
/l/ l
With medial glide
Bilabial Dental Alveolar Postalveolar
Palatal
Velar Glottal Placeless
Nasal /m̥w/ မွှ hmw
/mw/ မွ mw
/m̥j/ မျှ hmy
/mj/ မျ my
/n̥w/ နွှ hnw
/nw/ နွ nw
/ɲ̊w/ ညွှ hnyw
/ɲw/ ညွ nyw
/ŋ̊w/ ငွှ hngw
/ŋw/ ငွ ngw
Stop/Affricate /pw/ ပွ pw
/pʰw/ ဖွ hpw
/bw/ ဗွ bw
/pj/ ပျ py
/pʰj/ ဖျ hpy
/bj/ ဗျ by
/tw/ တွ tw
/tʰw/ ထွ htw
/dw/ ဒွ dw
/t͡ɕw/ ကျွ cw
/t͡ɕʰw/ ချွ hcw
/d͡ʑw/ ဂျွ jw
/kw/ ကွ kw
/kʰw/ ခွ hkw
/ɡw/ ဂွ gw
Fricative /θw/ သွ thw /sw/ စွ sw
/sʰw/ ဆွ hsw
/zw/ ဇွ zw
/ʃw/ ရွှ hyw /hw/ ဟွ hw
Approximant/Lateral /jw/ ယွ yw
/l̥w/ လွှ hlw
/lw/ လွ lw
/l̥j/ *လျှ hly
/lj/ *လျ ly

Finals with tones

Using as base letter.

Vowel Non-nasalised Nasalised
Low tone High tone Creaky tone Checked tone Low tone High tone Creaky tone
/i/ /ì/ အီ i /í/ အီး i\ /ḭ/ အိ i/ /ɪʔ/ အစ် i? /ɪ̀ɴ/ အင် i~ /ɪ́ɴ/ အင်း i\~ /ɪ̰ɴ/ အင့် i/~
/e/ /è/ အေ ei /é/ အေး ei\ /ḛ/ အေ့ ei/ /eɪʔ/ အိတ် ei? /èɪɴ/ အိန် ei~ /éɪɴ/ အိန်း ei\~ /ḛɪɴ/ အိန့် ei/~
/ɛ/ /ɛ̀/ အယ် e /ɛ́/ အဲ e\ /ɛ̰/ အယ့် e/ /ɛʔ/ အက် e? /àɪɴ/ အိုင် ai~ /áɪɴ/ အိုင်း ai\~ /a̰ɪɴ/ အိုင့် ai/~
/aɪʔ/ အိုက် ai?
/a/ /à/ အာ a /á/ အား a\ /a̰/ a/ /aʔ/ အတ် a? /àɴ/ အန် a~ /áɴ/ အန်း a\~ /a̰ɴ/ အန့် a/~
/ɔ/ /ɔ̀/ အော် o /ɔ́/ အော o\ /ɔ̰/ အော့ o/ /aʊʔ/ အောက် au? /àʊɴ/ အောင် au~ /áʊɴ/ အောင်း au\~ /a̰ʊɴ/ အောင့် au/~
/o/ /ò/ အို ou /ó/ အိုး ou\ /o̰/ အို့ ou/ /oʊʔ/ အုပ် ou? /òʊɴ/ အုန် ou~ /óʊɴ/ အုန်း ou\~ /o̰ʊɴ/ အုန့် ou/~
/u/ /ù/ အူ u /ú/ အူး u\ /ṵ/ အု u/ /ʊʔ/ အွတ် u? /ʊ̀ɴ/ အွန် u~ /ʊ́ɴ/ အွန်း u\~ /ʊ̰ɴ/ အွန့် u/~
/ə/ /ə/ အ' a'

The combinations listed in Wiktionary:Burmese transliteration#ကွတ်, ဝတ်, etc. (i.e. or followed by တ်, န်, ပ်, မ် or ) will be interpreted intelligently by the module. If the unchanged pronunciation is desired, a slash / can be placed between the initial and final (e.g. ကွ/တ်).

Examples

ခလုတ် (hka.lut)

{{my-IPA|ခ'လုတ်}}
  • 按發音的寫法:ခ'လုတ်
  • IPA(幫助)/kʰəloʊʔ/
  • 罗马化MLCTS: hka.lut • ALA-LC: khalutʻ • BGN/PCGN: hkălok • Okell: hkălouʔ


{{my-IPA|စာ'ရေး}}
  • 按發音的寫法:စာ'ရေး
  • IPA(幫助)/səjé/
  • 罗马化MLCTS: care: • ALA-LC: cāreʺ • BGN/PCGN: săye: • Okell: săyeì


ငါးဥ (nga:u.)

{{my-IPA|ငါး'ဥ}}
  • 按發音的寫法:ငါး'ဥ
  • IPA(幫助)/ŋəʔṵ/
  • 罗马化MLCTS: nga:u. • ALA-LC: ṅāʺu • BGN/PCGN: ngău. • Okell: ngăú


သူငယ် (su-ngai)

{{my-IPA|သူ'ငယ်}}
  • 按發音的寫法:သူ'ငယ်
  • IPA(幫助)/θəŋɛ̀/
  • 罗马化MLCTS: su-ngai • ALA-LC: sūṅayʻ • BGN/PCGN: thăngè • Okell: thănge


အက်ယန် (ak-yan)

{{my-IPA}}
  • IPA(幫助)/ʔɛʔjàɴ/
  • 罗马化MLCTS: ak-yan • ALA-LC: ʼakʻyanʻ • BGN/PCGN: etyan • Okell: eʔyañ


အာကျန် (a-kyan)

{{my-IPA}}
  • IPA(幫助)/ʔàt͡ɕàɴ/
  • 罗马化MLCTS: a-kyan • ALA-LC: ʼākyanʻ • BGN/PCGN: a-kyan • Okell: acañ


ကတ်ဝက် (kat-wak)

{{my-IPA}}
  • IPA(幫助)/kaʔwɛʔ/
  • 罗马化MLCTS: kat-wak • ALA-LC: katʻvakʻ • BGN/PCGN: kat-wet • Okell: kaʔweʔ


ကာတွက် (ka-twak)

{{my-IPA}}
  • IPA(幫助)/kàtwɛʔ/
  • 罗马化MLCTS: ka-twak • ALA-LC: kātvakʻ • BGN/PCGN: ka-twet • Okell: katweʔ


တန်ဂါ (tan-ga)

{{my-IPA}}
  • IPA(幫助)/tàɴɡà/
  • 罗马化MLCTS: tan-ga • ALA-LC: tanʻgā • BGN/PCGN: tan-ga • Okell: tañga


တာငါ (ta-nga)

{{my-IPA}}
  • IPA(幫助)/tàŋà/
  • 罗马化MLCTS: ta-nga • ALA-LC: tāṅā • BGN/PCGN: ta-nga • Okell: tanga


{{my-IPA|ဆီ+ပုံး}}
  • 按發音的寫法:ဆီဗုံး
  • IPA(幫助)/sʰìbóʊɴ/
  • 罗马化MLCTS: hcipum: • ALA-LC: chīpuṃʺ • BGN/PCGN: hsibon: • Okell: hsipoùñ


{{my-IPA|အုန်း+ဆီ}}
  • 按發音的寫法:အုန်းဇီ
  • IPA(幫助)/ʔóʊɴzì/
  • 罗马化MLCTS: un:hci • ALA-LC: ʼunʻʺchī • BGN/PCGN: on:zi • Okell: oùñhsi


{{my-IPA|အ'ညာ+သား}}
  • 按發音的寫法:အ'ညာ+သား
  • IPA(幫助)/ʔəɲàðá/
  • 罗马化MLCTS: a.nyasa: • ALA-LC: ʼaññāsāʺ • BGN/PCGN: ănyadha: • Okell: ănyathà


{{my-IPA}}
  • IPA(幫助)/nɛʔpʰjàɴ/
  • 罗马化MLCTS: nakhpran • ALA-LC: nakʻphranʻ • BGN/PCGN: nethpyan • Okell: neʔhpyañ


{{my-IPA|ဖြည်2း+ဖြည်2း}}
  • 按發音的寫法:ဖြည်2းဗြည်2း
  • IPA(幫助)/pʰjébjé/
  • 罗马化MLCTS: hprany:hprany: • ALA-LC: phraññʻʺphraññʻʺ • BGN/PCGN: hpye:bye: • Okell: hpyeìhpyeì


{{my-IPA|အ'မီး}}
  • 按發音的寫法:အ'မီး
  • IPA(幫助)/ʔəmí/
  • 罗马化MLCTS: a.mri: • ALA-LC: ʼamrīʺ • BGN/PCGN: ămi: • Okell: ămì


{{my-IPA|ခြေ+ထောက်}}
  • 按發音的寫法:ခြေဒေါက်
  • IPA(幫助)/t͡ɕʰèdaʊʔ/
  • 罗马化MLCTS: hkrehtauk • ALA-LC: khrethokʻ • BGN/PCGN: chedauk • Okell: hceihtauʔ


အခွံ (a.hkwam)

{{my-IPA|အ'ခွံ}}
  • 按發音的寫法:အ'ခွံ
  • IPA(幫助)/ʔəkʰʊ̀ɴ/
  • 罗马化MLCTS: a.hkwam • ALA-LC: ʼakhvaṃ • BGN/PCGN: ăhkun • Okell: ăhkuñ


{{my-IPA}}
  • IPA(幫助)/ʃo̰ʍɛʔ/
  • 罗马化MLCTS: hlyui.hwak • ALA-LC: lyhuiʹvhakʻ • BGN/PCGN: sho.hwet • Okell: hyoúhweʔ


{{my-IPA}}
  • IPA(幫助)/mjɛʔsḭ/
  • 罗马化MLCTS: myakci. • ALA-LC: myakʻci • BGN/PCGN: myetsi. • Okell: myeʔsí


ကစား (ka.ca:)

{{my-IPA|+က'+စား}}
  • 按發音的寫法:ဂ'ဇား
  • IPA(幫助)/ɡəzá/
  • 罗马化MLCTS: ka.ca: • ALA-LC: kacāʺ • BGN/PCGN: găza: • Okell: kăsà


ကပျာကယာ (ka.pyaka.ya)

{{my-IPA|+က'+ပျာ+က'ယာ}}
  • 按發音的寫法:ဂ'ဗျာဂ'ယာ
  • IPA(幫助)/ɡəbjàɡəjà/
  • 罗马化MLCTS: ka.pyaka.ya • ALA-LC: kapyākayā • BGN/PCGN: găbyagăya • Okell: kăpyakăya


{{my-IPA|ဆန်+ပြုတ်}}
  • 按發音的寫法:ဆန်ဗြုတ်
  • IPA(幫助)/sʰàɴbjoʊʔ/
  • 罗马化MLCTS: hcanprut • ALA-LC: chanʻprutʻ • BGN/PCGN: hsanbyok • Okell: hsañpyouʔ


{{my-IPA|စာကြည့်+တိုက်}}
  • 按發音的寫法:စာကြည့်ဒိုက်
  • IPA(幫助)/sàt͡ɕḭdaɪʔ/
  • 罗马化MLCTS: ca-krany.tuik • ALA-LC: cākraññʻʹtuikʻ • BGN/PCGN: sa-kyi.daik • Okell: sacítaiʔ


{{my-IPA}}
  • IPA(幫助)/dútʰaʊʔ/
  • 罗马化MLCTS: du:htauk • ALA-LC: dūʺthokʻ • BGN/PCGN: du:htauk • Okell: dùhtauʔ


{{my-IPA|မင်္ဂ'လာ+ပါ}}
  • 按發音的寫法:မင်ဂ'လာဗာ
  • IPA(幫助)/mɪ̀ɴɡəlàbà/
  • 罗马化MLCTS: mangga.lapa • ALA-LC: maṅʻgalāpā • BGN/PCGN: min-gălaba • Okell: miñgălapa


ဘခင် (bha.hkang)

{{my-IPA|-ဘ+ခင်}}
  • 按發音的寫法:ဖဂင်
  • IPA(幫助)/pʰa̰ɡɪ̀ɴ/
  • 罗马化MLCTS: bha.hkang • ALA-LC: bhakhaṅʻ • BGN/PCGN: hpa.gin • Okell: hpáhk


ပရိဘောဂ (pa.ri.bhau:ga.)

{{my-IPA|ပ'*ရိဘောဂ}}
  • 按發音的寫法:ပ'*ရိဘောဂ
  • IPA(幫助)/pəɹḭbɔ́ɡa̰/
  • 罗马化MLCTS: pa.ri.bhau:ga. • ALA-LC: paribhoga • BGN/PCGN: pări.baw:ga. • Okell: păríbògá


{{my-IPA|*လျှင်}}
  • 按發音的寫法:*လျှင်
  • IPA(幫助)/l̥jɪ̀ɴ/
  • 罗马化MLCTS: hlyang • ALA-LC: lyhaṅʻ • BGN/PCGN: hlyin • Okell: hlyiñ


{{my-IPA}}
  • IPA(幫助)/kʊ̀ɴpjùtà/
  • 罗马化MLCTS: kwanpyuta • ALA-LC: kvanʻpyūtā • BGN/PCGN: kunpyuta • Okell: kuñpyuta


ဝက်ဝံ (wak-wam)

{{my-IPA}}
  • IPA(幫助)/wɛʔwʊ̀ɴ/
  • 罗马化MLCTS: wak-wam • ALA-LC: vakʻvaṃ • BGN/PCGN: wet-wun • Okell: weʔwuñ


ပရိဘောဂ (pa.ri.bhau:ga.)

{{my-IPA|pa'ri/bo\ga/}}
  • 按發音的寫法:ပ'*ရိဗောဂ
  • IPA(幫助)/pəɹḭbɔ́ɡa̰/
  • 罗马化MLCTS: pa.ri.bhau:ga. • ALA-LC: paribhoga • BGN/PCGN: pări.baw:ga. • Okell: păríbògá


{{my-IPA|mi~ga'la+pa}}
  • 按發音的寫法:မင်ဂ'လာဗာ
  • IPA(幫助)/mɪ̀ɴɡəlàbà/
  • 罗马化MLCTS: mangga.lapa • ALA-LC: maṅʻgalāpā • BGN/PCGN: min-gălaba • Okell: miñgălapa


ကပျာကယာ (ka.pyaka.ya)

{{my-IPA|+ka'+pya+ka'ya}}
  • 按發音的寫法:ဂ'ဗျာဂ'ယာ
  • IPA(幫助)/ɡəbjàɡəjà/
  • 罗马化MLCTS: ka.pyaka.ya • ALA-LC: kapyākayā • BGN/PCGN: găbyagăya • Okell: kăpyakăya


{{my-IPA|ne?hpya~}}
  • 按發音的寫法:နက်ဖျန်
  • IPA(幫助)/nɛʔpʰjàɴ/
  • 罗马化MLCTS: nakhpran • ALA-LC: nakʻphranʻ • BGN/PCGN: nethpyan • Okell: neʔhpyañ


{{my-IPA|မြန်မာ|မြန်'မာ}}
  • 按發音的寫法:မြန်မာ, မြန်'မာ
  • IPA(幫助)/mjàɴmà/, /mjəmà/
  • 罗马化MLCTS: mranma • ALA-LC: mranʻmā • BGN/PCGN: myanma/myăma • Okell: myañma/myăma


{{my-IPA|ကြို+ဆို +ပါ ၏}}
  • 按發音的寫法:ကြိုဇိုဗာ၏
  • IPA(幫助)/t͡ɕòzò bà ʔɛ̰/
  • 罗马化MLCTS: kruihcui pa e • ALA-LC: kruichui pā e* • BGN/PCGN: kyozo ba è. • Okell: couhsou pa é