ဝီခီပီးဒီးယား:Pronounciation respelling key
ယိုနောဝ်ꩻ ထွာ အှောန်ႏသင်ႏနေး အဉ်းကလစ်ဆျ်ငေါဝ်းငွါ ထာꩻကရပါလဲန်းဒါႏ ဝီကီပီးဒီးယား ရုမ်ꩻဖြုဲင်ꩻဖုံႏကို။ မဉ်ႏတဲမ်းဖေႏတုမ်ႏ ငေါဝ်းရိုႏရိုႏနောဝ်ꩻ ကေားထွားလိတ်သား အီးရှောတ်သင်ႏဒါႏအီယိုꩻယိုꩻ၊ ရိုꩻစှောန်ႏဝွေꩻသီးတမှိုတ်ဖဉ်းတောဝ်း လိတ်အစားနောဝ်ꩻယောဝ်းသှူ။
ဗျည်းဖုံႏရာ[မွဉ်းဖျင်အရွီးခိုႏ]
ဗျည်း ငေါဝ်းဖုံႏနောဝ်ꩻ ဟောဝ်သင်ႏနုဲင်း လယို :
| Respelling symbol | Example | IPA symbol(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| b | but, web | /b/ | |
| ch | church, nature | /tʃ/ | |
| d | do, odd | /d/ | |
| f | fool, enough, leaf | /f/ | |
| g | go, beg | /ɡ/ | Not as in gem or gin (/dʒ/), which is j. |
| h | ham, ahead | /h/ | |
| j | gin, joy, edge | /dʒ/ | |
| k | cat, kiss, queen, skin, thick | /k/ | |
| l | left, bell | /l/ | |
| m | man, ham | /m/ | |
| n | no, tin | /n/ | |
| ng | ring, singer, sink | /ŋ/ | Not the same as the sound in finger, which is ngg (/ŋɡ/). |
| banks | /ŋk/ | ||
| ngg | eng | /ŋɡ/ | |
| p | pen, spin, tip | /p/ | |
| r | run, very | /r/ | |
| s | see, city, pass | /s/ | Not as in rose (/z/), which is z. |
| sh | she, sure, emotion, leash | /ʃ/ | |
| t | two, sting, bet | /t/ | |
| th | thing, teeth | /θ/ | To make this sound, the tip of the tongue is placed between the front teeth and air is blown out of the mouth gently. |
| th | this, breathe, father | /ð/ | This sound is similar to th (/θ/), but a harder buzzing sound is also made from the throat. |
| v | voice, have | /v/ | |
| w | we | /w/ | |
| wh | what | /ʍ/ | |
| y | yes | /j/ | |
| z | zoo, rose | /z/ | |
| zh | pleasure, vision, beige | /ʒ/ |
သရဖုံႏရာ[မွဉ်းဖျင်အရွီးခိုႏ]
Vowel sounds should be pronounced as shown below:
| Respelling symbol | Example | IPA symbol(s) | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | cat | /æ/ | Australian /æ/ or /æː/. | Scottish /a/. |
| aa or ah | father | /ɑː/ | ||
| air | air | /ɛər/ | ||
| ar | car | /ɑr/ | Scottish /ar/. | |
| arr | marry | /ær/ | ||
| aw | raw | /ɔː/ | American /ɔ/ or /ɑ/. Some people pronounce words like raw with an o sound. | |
| ay | day | /eɪ/ | ||
| ə | sofa | /ə/ or /ɨ/ | Unstressed neutral vowel. Sometimes i may be used for /ɨ/. | |
| ər | her (stressed) | /ɜr/ or /ɝː/ | Scottish /ʌr, ɛr, ɪr/ (ur, er, ir). | |
| ər | after | /ər/ or /ɚ/ | ||
| e | pet | /ɛ/ | ||
| ee | feet | /iː/ | ||
| eer | peer | /ɪər/ | ||
| er | fern | /ər/, /ɜr/ or /ɝː/ | Scottish /ɛr/. | |
| err | merry | /ɛr/ | ||
| ew | dew, ewe | /juː/ | American /u/ or /ju/. Some people pronounce the ew sound after some consonants, while others do not. | |
| eye | die, eye | /aɪ/ | This is spelled –ye after a consonant. | |
| i | bit | /ɪ/ | ||
| ir | fir, girl | /ər/, /ɜr/ or /ɝː/ | Scottish /ɪr/. | |
| irr | mirror | /ɪr/ | ||
| o | pot | /ɒ/ | ||
| oe or oh | toe | /oʊ/ | ||
| oo | foot | /ʊ/ | Scottish /ʉ/. | |
| oo | food | /uː/ | ||
| ohr | four, wore | /ɔər/ | Australian /oː(ɹ)/. | |
| or | for, war | /ɔr/ | Scottish /ɔr/. | |
| orr | orange | /ɒr/ | ||
| ow | cow | /aʊ/ | ||
| oy | boy | /ɔɪ/ | ||
| u | bus | /ʌ/ | ||
| ur | fur | /ər/, /ɜr/ or /ɝː/ | American /ɹ/. | Scottish /ʌr/. |
| urr | hurry | /ʌr/ | ||
| –ye | bye | /aɪ/ | This is written –ye after a consonant, but otherwise as eye. American /aɪ/ or /ɐɪ/. | |