The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Shan and Tai Lue pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see Template:IPA, and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.

Consonants
IPA Shan Burmese New Tai Lue English approximation
b ၿ [1] ဘ ᦢ,ᦥ abash
d ၻ,ꩨ [1] ဒ ᦡ,ᦤ ado
f ၾ ဖှ ᦚ,ᦝ food
ɡ ၷ [1] ဂ — good
h ႁ ဟ ᦠ,ᦣ head
j ယ ယ ᦊ,ᦍ yak
k ၵ က ᦂ,ᦅ scan
kʰ[2] ၶ ခ ᦃ,ᦆ can
l လ,ꩮ လ ᦜ,ᦟ live
m မ မ ᦖ,ᦙ much
n ၼ န ᦐ,ᦓ not
ŋ င င ᦄ,ᦇ bang
ɲ ၺ[1] ည — canyon
p ပ ပ ᦔ,ᦗ span
pʰ ၽ ဖ ᦕ,ᦘ pan
r ရ,꩹ [1] ရ ᦣ [1] roughly like water (American English)
s ၸ [3] စ ᦉ,ᦌ sue
sʰ သ ဆ — grasshopper
ʃ သျ ရှ — shoe
t တ,ꩦ တ ᦎ,ᦑ stable
tʰ ထ,ꩧ,ꩪ,ꩩ ထ ᦏ,ᦒ table
ts ၸ [3] စ/ကျ ᦈ,ᦋ Betsy
tsʰ ၶျ ချ — chang
θ ႀ [4] သ — thing
v[5] — ဝ ᦛ,ᦞ village
w[5] ဝ ဝ ᦛ,ᦞ way
x[2] — ခ ᦃ,ᦆ loch in Scottish English
z ၹ [4] ဇ — zebra
ʔ ဢ အ/ ဩ ᦀ,ᦁ the catch in uh-oh
 
Tone
IPA Description
a
or
ā 		mid [aː˧]
à low [a˨˩] or [a˩]
â falling [a˥˩] (Tai Lü only)
a̰ creaky falling [a̰˥˩] (Shan only)
á high [a˥]
ǎ rising [a˨˦] (Shan only)
a᷄ high rising [a˧˥] (Tai Lü only)
a᷅ low rising [a˩˧] (Tai Lü only)
Vowels
IPA Shan Burmese New Tai Lü English approximation
Short vowels
a unmarked အး ᦰ cut
e ေ,ဵ ေ ᦵ roughly like say
ɛ ႄ, ႅ ဲ ᦶ roughly like bat
i ီ ီ ᦲ happy
o ူဝ် ို ᦷ go without u sound (shorter)
ɔ ေႃ, ွ ော ᦸ off
u ု, ူ ူ ᦳ loot (shorter)
ɯ
or
ɨ 		ိုဝ် ု ᦹ good
ɤ
or
ə 		ိူဝ် ော်/ယ် ᦵᦲ roughly like hurt (shorter)
Long vowels
aː ၢ, ႃ ာ, ါ ᦱ bra

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f In foreign words
  2. ^ a b /kʰ/ and /x/ are in free variation.
  3. ^ a b Sometimes /s/ and /ts/ are used interchangeably.
  4. ^ a b In Burmese loanwords
  5. ^ a b /v/ and /w/ are in free variation

See also[edit]

Comparisons
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