Myanmar Reading Lesson Two: Consonants and Vowels14

Introduction

Welcome to Myanmar Reading Lesson Two! In this lesson, we will learn about Myanmar consonants and vowels. Myanmar consonants are divided into two categories: voiced and unvoiced. Voiced consonants are produced with the vocal cords vibrating, while unvoiced consonants are produced without the vocal cords vibrating. Myanmar vowels are also divided into two categories: short and long. Short vowels are pronounced quickly, while long vowels are pronounced more slowly.

Consonants

The following is a table of Myanmar consonants:| Consonant | Voiced | Unvoiced |
|---|---|---|
| က | Yes | No |
| ခ | Yes | No |
| ဂ | Yes | No |
| ဃ | Yes | No |
| င | Yes | No |
| စ | No | Yes |
| ဆ | No | Yes |
| ဇ | No | Yes |
| ဈ | No | Yes |
| ည | Yes | No |
| ဋ | No | Yes |
| ဌ | No | Yes |
| ဍ | Yes | No |
| ဎ | Yes | No |
| ဏ | Yes | No |
| တ | Yes | No |
| ထ | No | Yes |
| ဒ | Yes | No |
| ဓ | Yes | No |
| န | Yes | No |
| ပ | No | Yes |
| ဖ | No | Yes |
| ဗ | Yes | No |
| ဘ | Yes | No |
| မ | Yes | No |
| ယ | Yes | No |
| ရ | Yes | No |
| လ | Yes | No |
| ဝ | Yes | No |
| သ | No | Yes |
| ဟ | No | Yes |
| ဠ | Yes | No |
| အ | No | No |

Pronunciation of Consonants

The pronunciation of Myanmar consonants is similar to that of English consonants. However, there are a few differences. The following are some tips for pronouncing Myanmar consonants:*

The consonant က is pronounced like the English consonant "k".*

The consonant ခ is pronounced like the English consonant "ch".*

The consonant ဂ is pronounced like the English consonant "g".*

The consonant ဃ is pronounced like the English consonant "gh".*

The consonant င is pronounced like the English consonant "ng".*

The consonant စ is pronounced like the English consonant "s".*

The consonant ဆ is pronounced like the English consonant "sh".*

The consonant ဇ is pronounced like the English consonant "z".*

The consonant ဈ is pronounced like the English consonant "zh".*

The consonant ည is pronounced like the English consonant "ny".*

The consonant ဋ is pronounced like the English consonant "t".*

The consonant ဌ is pronounced like the English consonant "th".*

The consonant ဍ is pronounced like the English consonant "d".*

The consonant ဎ is pronounced like the English consonant "dh".*

The consonant ဏ is pronounced like the English consonant "n".*

The consonant တ is pronounced like the English consonant "t".*

The consonant ထ is pronounced like the English consonant "th".*

The consonant ဒ is pronounced like the English consonant "d".*

The consonant ဓ is pronounced like the English consonant "dh".*

The consonant န is pronounced like the English consonant "n".*

The consonant ပ is pronounced like the English consonant "p".*

The consonant ဖ is pronounced like the English consonant "f".*

The consonant ဗ is pronounced like the English consonant "b".*

The consonant ဘ is pronounced like the English consonant "bh".*

The consonant မ is pronounced like the English consonant "m".*

The consonant ယ is pronounced like the English consonant "y".*

The consonant ရ is pronounced like the English consonant "r".*

The consonant လ is pronounced like the English consonant "l".*

The consonant ဝ is pronounced like the English consonant "w".*

The consonant သ is pronounced like the English consonant "s".*

The consonant ဟ is pronounced like the English consonant "h".*

The consonant ဠ is pronounced like the English consonant "lh".

Vowels

The following is a table of Myanmar vowels:| Vowel | Short | Long |
|---|---|---|
| အ | Yes | No |
| ဣ | Yes | No |
| ဤ | Yes | No |
| ဥ | Yes | No |
| ဦ | Yes | No |
| ဧ | Yes | No |
| ဩ | Yes | No |
| ဪ | Yes | No |
| က | Yes | Yes |
| ခ | No | Yes |
| ဂ | Yes | Yes |
| ဃ | No | Yes |
| င | Yes | Yes |
| စ | Yes | Yes |
| ဆ | No | Yes |
| ဇ | Yes | Yes |
| ဈ | No | Yes |
| ည | Yes | Yes |
| ဋ | Yes | Yes |
| ဌ | No | Yes |
| ဍ | Yes | Yes |
| ဎ | No | Yes |
| ဏ | Yes | Yes |
| တ | Yes | Yes |
| ထ | No | Yes |
| ဒ | Yes | Yes |
| ဓ | No | Yes |
| န | Yes | Yes |
| ပ | Yes | Yes |
| ဖ | No | Yes |
| ဗ | Yes | Yes |
| ဘ | No | Yes |
| မ | Yes | Yes |
| ယ | Yes | Yes |
| ရ | Yes | Yes |
| လ | Yes | Yes |
| ဝ | Yes | Yes |
| သ | Yes | Yes |
| ဟ | No | Yes |
| ဠ | Yes | Yes |
| အာ | No | Yes |

Pronunciation of Vowels

The pronunciation of Myanmar vowels is similar to that of English vowels. However, there are a few differences. The following are some tips for pronouncing Myanmar vowels:*

The vowel အ is pronounced like the English vowel "a".*

The vowel ဣ is pronounced like the English vowel "i".*

The vowel ဤ is pronounced like the English vowel "ee".*

The vowel ဥ is pronounced like the English vowel "u".*

The vowel ဦ is pronounced like the English vowel "oo".*

The vowel ဧ is pronounced like the English vowel "ai".*

The vowel ဩ is pronounced like the English vowel "au".*

The vowel ဪ is pronounced like the English vowel "oi".*

The vowel က is pronounced like the English vowel "a".*

The vowel ခ is pronounced like the English vowel "a".*

The vowel ဂ is pronounced like the English vowel "a".*

The vowel ဃ is pronounced like the English vowel "a".*