Vowels
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IPA |
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Examples |
English approximation
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ရမျာင်:/a/This is the international phonetic alphabet symbol. Please refer toInternational Phonetic Alphabet Help Page. |
ရမျာင်:/a/This is the international phonetic alphabet symbol. Please refer toInternational Phonetic Alphabet Help Page.
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patte
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roughly like pat
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ရမျာင်:/ɑ/This is the international phonetic alphabet symbol. Please refer toInternational Phonetic Alphabet Help Page.
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pâte; glas[၆]
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roughly like father (or like bra in conservative accents and Quebec French)
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ရမျာင်:/e/This is the international phonetic alphabet symbol. Please refer toInternational Phonetic Alphabet Help Page.
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clé; les; chez; aller; pied
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pay
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ရမျာင်:/ɛ/This is the international phonetic alphabet symbol. Please refer toInternational Phonetic Alphabet Help Page. |
ရမျာင်:/ɛ/This is the international phonetic alphabet symbol. Please refer toInternational Phonetic Alphabet Help Page.
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mère; est; abdomen; faite
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best
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ရမျာင်:/ɛː/This is the international phonetic alphabet symbol. Please refer toInternational Phonetic Alphabet Help Page.
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fête; maître; reine; scène; caisse; reître[၇]
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says
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ရမျာင်:/i/This is the international phonetic alphabet symbol. Please refer toInternational Phonetic Alphabet Help Page.
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si; île; y
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bee
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ရမျာင်:/ə/This is the international phonetic alphabet symbol. Please refer toInternational Phonetic Alphabet Help Page. |
ရမျာင်:/ø/This is the international phonetic alphabet symbol. Please refer toInternational Phonetic Alphabet Help Page.
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le; reposer[၈]
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again (often elided)
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ရမျာင်:/ø/This is the international phonetic alphabet symbol. Please refer toInternational Phonetic Alphabet Help Page.
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ceux; jeûne
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roughly like bird (British English)
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ရမျာင်:/œ/This is the international phonetic alphabet symbol. Please refer toInternational Phonetic Alphabet Help Page.
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sœur; jeune
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bird (British English)
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ရမျာင်:/o/This is the international phonetic alphabet symbol. Please refer toInternational Phonetic Alphabet Help Page.
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sot; hôtel; haut; bureau
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roughly like law (British English) or note (American English)
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ရမျာင်:/ɔ/This is the international phonetic alphabet symbol. Please refer toInternational Phonetic Alphabet Help Page.
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sort; minimum
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similar to not (British English) or caught (American English)[၉]
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ရမျာင်:/u/This is the international phonetic alphabet symbol. Please refer toInternational Phonetic Alphabet Help Page.
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coup
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too
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ရမျာင်:/y/This is the international phonetic alphabet symbol. Please refer toInternational Phonetic Alphabet Help Page.
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tu; sûr
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judas
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Nasal
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ရမျာင်:/ɑ̃/This is the international phonetic alphabet symbol. Please refer toInternational Phonetic Alphabet Help Page. |
ရမျာင်:/ɒ̃/This is the international phonetic alphabet symbol. Please refer toInternational Phonetic Alphabet Help Page.
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sans; champ; vent; temps; Jean; taon[၁၀]
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roughly like want (British English) or haunt (American English)
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ရမျာင်:/ɛ̃/This is the international phonetic alphabet symbol. Please refer toInternational Phonetic Alphabet Help Page. |
ရမျာင်:/æ̃/This is the international phonetic alphabet symbol. Please refer toInternational Phonetic Alphabet Help Page.
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vin; impair; pain; daim; plein; Reims; bien[၁၁]
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roughly like pant
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ရမျာင်:/œ̃/This is the international phonetic alphabet symbol. Please refer toInternational Phonetic Alphabet Help Page.
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un; parfum[၁၂]
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roughly like pant (or, in conservative accents or Quebec French, roughly like burnt but without pronouncing the r).
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ရမျာင်:/ɔ̃/This is the international phonetic alphabet symbol. Please refer toInternational Phonetic Alphabet Help Page. |
ရမျာင်:/õ/This is the international phonetic alphabet symbol. Please refer toInternational Phonetic Alphabet Help Page.
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son; nom[၁၃]
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roughly like don't (American English) or haunt (British English)
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Suprasegmentals
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IPA
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Example |
Explanation
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ရမျာင်:/ˈ/This is the international phonetic alphabet symbol. Please refer toInternational Phonetic Alphabet Help Page.
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moyen /mwaˈjɛ̃/[၁၄]
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phrasal stress
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pays /pe.i/[၁၅]
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syllable boundary
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‿
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les agneaux /lez‿aˈɲo/
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liaison[၁၆]
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