Wiktionary:S'gaw Karen transliteration
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S'gaw Karen transliteration[edit]
These are the rules concerning transliteration in S'gaw Karen entries. Wiktionary's system for the transliteration of the Myanmar abugida for S'gaw Karen corresponds mostly to the system used in Omniglot.
The Karen alphabet consists of initials, medials, vowels, and tone.
Initials[edit]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Letter | က | ခ | ဂ | ဃ | င | စ | ဆ | ဇ | ၡ | ည | တ | ထ | ဒ |
| Transliteration | k | kh | nh | x | ng | s | hs | z | sh | ny | t | ht | d |
| Pronunciation | /k/ | /kʰ/ | /ɣ/ | /x/ | /ŋ/ | /s/ | /sʰ/ | /z/ | /ʃ/ | /ɲ/ | /t/ | /tʰ/ | /d/ |
| 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | |
| Letter | န | ပ | ဖ | ဘ | မ | ယ | ရ | လ | ဝ | သ | ဟ | အ | ဧ |
| Transliteration | n | p | hp | b | m | y | r | l | w | th | h | vowel carrier | ahh |
| Pronunciation | /n/ | /p/ | /pʰ/ | /b/ | /m/ | /y/ | /r/ | /l/ | /ʝ/ | /θ/ | /h/ | /ʔ/ | /ʔ/ |