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Shan transliteration
These are the rules concerning transliteration in Shan entries. Wiktionary's system for the transliteration of the Myanmar abugida for Shan corresponds mostly to the system used in Omniglot.
The abugida consists of initials, medials, vowels and finals
When words with more than one syllable is used, spaces are used to distinguish each syllable; e.g., လွင်ႈလုၵ်ႉၽိုၼ်ႉ (lāung lṵ̂k phṵ̂en), သၢမ်လႅမ်ထွင်းၶမ်း (sǎam lěm tháung khám).
Initials
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1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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10
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11
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12
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| Letter
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ၵ
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ၶ
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င
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ၸ
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ၹ
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ၺ
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တ
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ထ
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ၼ
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ပ
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ၽ
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ၾ
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| Transliteration
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k
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kh
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ng
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ts
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z
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ny
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t
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th
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n
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p
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ph
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f
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| Pronunciation
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/k/
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/kʰ/
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/ŋ/
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/t͡s/
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/z/
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/ɲ/
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/t/
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/tʰ/
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/n/
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/p/
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/pʰ/
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/f/
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13
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14
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15
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16
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17
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18
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19
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20
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21
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22
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23
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24
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| Letter
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မ
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ယ
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ရ
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လ
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ဝ
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ႁ
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ဢ
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သ
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ၷ
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ႀ
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ၻ
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ၿ
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| Transliteration
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m
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y
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r
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l
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w
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h
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’
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s
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g
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x
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d
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b
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| Pronunciation
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/m/
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/j/
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/r/
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/l/
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/w/
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/h/
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/ʔ/
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/sʰ/
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/ɡ/
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/θ/
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/d/
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/b/
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Using ၵ (ka) as the base letter:
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0
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1
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2
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3
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| Diacritic
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(no diacritic)
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ၵျ
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ၵြ
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ၵႂ
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| Transliteration
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-
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-y
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-r
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-w
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| Pronunciation
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-
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/j/
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/r/
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/w/
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- ^ When used with သ (sa) as in သျ (sya), they are pronounced as /ʃ/.
Vowels
Also includes diphthongs.
Using ၵ (ka) as the base letter:
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1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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| Diacritic
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(no diacritic)
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ၵၢ
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ၵိ
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ၵဵ
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ၵႅ
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ၵု
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ၵူ
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ၵွ
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| Transliteration
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a
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aa
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i
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e
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ae
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u
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o
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o
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| Pronunciation
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/a/
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/aː/
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/i/
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/e/
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/ɛ/
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/u/
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/o/
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/ɔ/
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9
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10
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11
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12
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13
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14
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15
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16
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| Diacritic
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ၵို
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ၵိူ
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ၵႃ
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ၵီ
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ၵေ
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ၵႄ
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ၵူ
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ၵူဝ်
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| Transliteration
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ue
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oe
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aa
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ii
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ee
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aae
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uu
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o
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| Pronunciation
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/ɯ/
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/ɤ/
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/aː/
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/iː/
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/eː/
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/ɛː/
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/uː/
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/oː/
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17
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18
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19
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20
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21
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22
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23
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24
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| Diacritic
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ၵေႃ
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ၵိုဝ်
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ၵိူဝ်
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ၵႆ
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ၵၢႆ
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ၵုၺ်
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ၵူၺ်
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ၵွႆ
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| Transliteration
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oa
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ue
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oe
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ay
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aay
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uy
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oy
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oay
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| Pronunciation
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/ɔː/
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/ɯː/
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/ɤː/
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/aj/
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/aːj/
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/uj/
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/oj/
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/ɔj/
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25
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26
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27
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28
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29
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30
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31
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32
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| Diacritic
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ၵိုၺ်
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ၵိူၺ်
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ၵဝ်
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ၵၢဝ်
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ၵိဝ်
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ၵဵဝ်
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ၵႅဝ်
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ၵႂ်
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| Transliteration
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uey
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oey
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aw
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aaw
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iw
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ew
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aew
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aue
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| Pronunciation
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/ɯj/
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/ɤj/
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/aw/
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/aːw/
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/iw/
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/ew/
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/ɛw/
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/aɰ/
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 When ၵူ /uː/ is preceded with a final, it becomes pronounced as /o/.
Finals
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0
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1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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| Diacritic
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(no diacritic)
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မ်
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ၼ်
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င်
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ပ်
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တ်
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ၵ်
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| Transliteration
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-
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m
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n
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ng
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p
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t
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k
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| Pronunciation
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-
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/m/
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/n/
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/ŋ/
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/p̚/
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/t̚/
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/k̚/
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The finals /p̚/, /t̚/, /k̚/ are unreleased.
Tones
Using ၵ (ka) as the base letter:
| Tone Number
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1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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| Diacritic
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(no diacritic)
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မႇ
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မႈ
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မး
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မႉ
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မႊ
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| Description
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rising
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low level
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low falling
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high level
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mid falling, glottalized
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mid rising-falling
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| Pitch
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/˨˦/
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/˩˩/
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/˧˨/
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/˥˥/
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/˦˨ʔ/
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/˧˦˧/
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Numerals
Numerals in Shan and Burmese are slightly different, however Burmese numbers can still be found in Shan texts:
| Numeral
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0
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1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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0
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| Shan
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႐
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႑
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႒
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႓
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႔
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႕
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႖
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႗
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႘
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႙
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႑႐
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| Burmese
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၀
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၁
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၂
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၃
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၄
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၅
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၆
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၇
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၈
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၉
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၁၀
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| Name (in Shan)
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သုၼ် (sǔn)
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ၼိုင်ႈ (nūeng)
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သွင် (sǎung)
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သၢမ် (sǎam)
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သီႇ (sìi)
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ႁႃႈ (hāa)
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ႁူၵ်း (húuk)
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ၸဵတ်း (tsáet)
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ပႅတ်ႇ (pèt)
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ၵဝ်ႈ (kāo)
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သိပ်း (síp)
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| IPA
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/sʰon˨˦/
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/nɯŋ˧˨/
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/sʰɔŋ˨˦/
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/sʰaːm˨˦/
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/sʰiː˩˩/
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/haː˧˨/
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/hok̚˥˥/
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/t͡set̚˥˥/
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/pɛt̚˩˩/
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/kaw˧˨/
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/sʰip̚˥˥/
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