This is a proposed alphabet that is meant to be used for writing of Burmese. It is now in a very early stage of development, so some changes may occur to it in the future as the creator see fit. For any questions please use the email link below.
Myanma/
The Burmese Latin alphabet
Devised by: Michael Fustumum (michaelpeterfustumum(at)gmail.com)
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Latin letter |
Burmese letter |
IPA |
1 |
A a |
ာ,ား |
[a] |
2 | Ā ā | ၢ,ႃ | [aː] |
3 |
B b |
ဗ,ဘ |
[b] |
4 |
C c |
စ |
[s] |
5 |
Ch ch |
ဆ |
[sʰ] |
6 |
D d |
ဍ,ဒ,ဎ,ဓ |
[d] |
7 |
E e |
ေ,ေး,ေ့ |
[e] |
8 | Ɛ ɛ | ယ်,ဲ,ဲ့ |
[ɛ] |
9 |
G g | ဂ,ဃ | [g] |
10 |
H h | ဟ | [h] |
11 |
I i |
ီ,ီး,ိ |
[i] |
12 |
K k |
က |
[k] |
13 | Kh kh | ခ | [kʰ] |
14 |
L l |
လ,ဠ |
[l] |
15 |
M m |
မ |
[m] |
16 |
N n |
ဏ,န |
[n] |
17 | Ŋ ŋ | င | [ŋ] |
18 | Ñ ñ | ည | [ɲ] |
19 |
O o |
ို,ိုး,ို့ |
[o] |
20 | Ɔ ɔ | ော်,ော,ော့ |
[ɔ] |
21 |
P p |
ပ |
[p] |
22 |
Ph ph |
ဖ |
[pʰ] |
23 |
R r |
ရ |
[r~j] |
24 | S s | သ | [θ~ð] |
25 |
T t |
တ,ꩦ |
[t] |
26 |
U u |
ူ,ူး,ု |
[u] |
27 | W w | ဝ |
[w] |
28 | X x | အ | [ʔ] |
29 | Y y | ယ | [j] |
30 | Z z | ဇ,ဈ | [z] |
There would not be letters f, j, q(u), v, which would be replaced by ph, c, k(w), w, respectively. |
low | a |
high | á |
creaky | à |
Text example
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