Help:IPA for Shan and Tai Lü

The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Shan script and New Tai Lü script pronunciations in Wikipedia articles.

Consonants IPA Shan New Tai Lü English approximation b ၿ ᦢ,ᦥ abash d ၻ,ꩨ ᦡ,ᦤ ado f ၾ ᦚ,ᦝ food ɡ ၷ — good h ႁ ᦠ,ᦣ head j ယ ᦊ,ᦍ yak k ၵ ᦂ,ᦅ scan kʰ ၶ ᦃ,ᦆ can l လ,ꩮ ᦜ,ᦟ leaf m မ ᦖ,ᦙ much n ၼ ᦐ,ᦓ not ŋ င ᦄ,ᦇ bang ɲ ၺ — canyon p ပ ᦔ,ᦗ span pʰ ၽ ᦕ,ᦘ pan r ရ,꩹ ᦣ roughly like water (American English) s ၸ ᦉ,ᦌ sue sʰ သ — — ʃ သျ — shoe t တ,ꩦ ᦎ,ᦑ stable tʰ ထ,ꩧ,ꩪ,ꩩ ᦏ,ᦒ table ts ၸ ᦈ,ᦋ Betsy tsʰ ၶျ — cheese θ ႀ — thing v — ᦛ,ᦞ village w ဝ ᦛ,ᦞ way x — ᦃ,ᦆ loch in Scottish English z ၹ — zebra ʔ ဢ ᦀ,ᦁ the catch in uh-oh   Tone IPA Description a or ā mid [aː˧] à low [a˨˩] or [a˩] â falling [a˥˩] (Tai Lü only) a̰ creaky falling [a̰˥˩] (Shan only) á high [a˥] ǎ rising [a˨˦] (Shan only) a᷄ high rising [a˧˥] (Tai Lü only) a᷅ lowing rising [a˩˧] (Tai Lü only)

Vowels IPA Shan New Tai Lü English approximation Short vowels a unmarked ᦰ cut e ေ,ဵ ᦵ roughly like say ɛ ႄ, ႅ ᦶ roughly like bat i ီ ᦲ happy o ူဝ် ᦷ go without u sound (shorter) ɔ ေႃ, ွ ᦸ lot u ု, ူ ᦳ loot (shorter) ɯ or ɨ ို ᦹ good ɤ or ə ိူ ᦵᦲ roughly like hurt (shorter) Long vowels aː ၢ, ႃ ᦱ bra