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GRAMMATICAL NOTICES, &c.
THE ALPHABET.
The Burmese alphabet consists of ten vowels, သရ, and thirty two consonants, ဗျည်း.
Vowels.
အ a, အာ a, ဣ ee, ဤ ee, ဥ, 
oo, ဦ oo, ဧ aa, အဲ ai, 
, ဩ au, ဪ au.
Consonants.
| က ka, | ခ hka, | ဂ ga, | ဃ ga, | င nga; |
| စ tsa, | ဆ htsa, | ဇ dza, | ဈ dza, | ဉ, ည nya; |
| ဋ ta, | ဌ hta, | ဍ da, | ဎ da, | ဏ na; |
| တ ta, | ထ hta, | ဒ da, | ဓ da, | န na; |
| ပ pa, | ဖ hpa, | ဗ ba, | ဘ ba, | မ ma; |
| ယ ya, | ရ ra, | လ la, | ဝ wa, | |
| သ tha, | ဟ ha, | ဠ la. |
According to this arrangement, the first twenty five consonants are distributed into five classes.
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