Burmese alphabet

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The Burmese alphabet is a script in the Brahmic family used in Myanmar for writing Burmese, Mon, and Kayin (Karen). The characters are rounded in appearance, because the traditional palm leaves used for writing would have been ripped by straight lines. Like English, it is written from left to right.

Related Topics:
Brahmic family - Myanmar - Burmese - Mon - Kayin - Palm - English

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There are about 33 consonants က (pronounced ka) to ဠ (pronounced la). However, the last letter in the alphabet (အ; aa), although recognized as a consonant, is actually a vowel. Since the a is the only lettered vowel, when used with diacritics, it creates other vowel sounds. Like other members of the Brahmic family, the sounds of these are modified by accents put above, below or beside the character.

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