The names and powers of the letters are as follows:—
အ, |
a short, as in America.
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အာ, |
a long, as in father.
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ဣ, |
ee, as i in pin.
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ဤ, |
ee, as in feet.
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ဥ, , |
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oo as in good, or u, as in full.
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ဦ, |
oo, as in food, or u, as in rule.
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ဧ, |
aa, as a in fate.
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အဲ, |
ai, as in hair.
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ဩ, , |
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au, as o in on.
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ဪ, |
au, as in audience.
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Name.
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Power.
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ကကြီး, great ka, |
k, as in king.
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ခခွေ, curved hka, |
hk, k aspirated.
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ဂငယ်, small ga, |
g, as in good.
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ဃကြီး, great ga, |
the same.
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