The Basics : Burmese alphabets pronunciations

Practice your pronunciations

When you learn Burmese, studying the basic alphabets is the most crucial steps. In this blog, I've listed out the 32 Burmese alphabets and how to pronounce them plus the long form of each of these alphabets. Take a look and test out your knowledge by trying out the flashcards here!

က

(ka) - /kɑ/ - "kah"

ခ

(kha) - /kʰɑ/ - "khaa"

ဂ

(ga) - /ɡɑ/ - "gah"

ဃ

(gha) - /ɡʰɑ/ - "ghaa"

င

(na) - /ŋɑ/ - "ngah"

စ

(ca) - /sɑ/ - "sah"

ဆ

(cha) - /ʃɑ/ - "shah"

ဇ

(ja) - /zɑ/ - "zah"

စျ

(jha) - /ʒɑ/ - "zhah"

ည

(nna) - /ɲɑ/ - "nya"

ဋ

(ta) - /tɑ/ - "tah"

ဌ

(tha) - /tʰɑ/ - "thah"

ဍ

(da) - /dɑ/ - "dah"

ဎ

(dha) - /dʰɑ/ - "dhaa"

ဏ

(na) - /nɑ/ - "nah"

တ

(ta) - /tɑ/ - "tah"

ထ

(tha) - /tʰɑ/ - "thah"

ဒ

(da) - /dɑ/ - "dah"

ဓ

(dha) - /dʰɑ/ - "dhaa"

န

(na) - /nɑ/ - "nah"

ပ

(pa) - /pɑ/ - "pah"

ဖ

(pha) - /pʰɑ/ - "phah"

ဗ

(ba) - /bɑ/ - "bah"

ဘ

(bha) - /bʰɑ/ - "bhaa"

မ

(ma) - /mɑ/ - "mah"

ယ

(ja) - /jɑ/ - "yah"

ရ

(ja) - /ɹɑ/ - "rah"

လ

(la) - /lɑ/ - "lah"

ဝ

(wa) - /wɑ/ - "wah"

သ

(sa) - /θɑ/ - "thah"

ဟ

(ha) - /hɑ/ - "hah"

ဠ

(la) - /ʔɭɑ/ - "lha"

အ

(a) - /ʔɑ/ - "ah"

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