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音系

辅音

缅甸语辅音系统

		双唇音	齿音	齿龈音	齿龈后音/ 硬腭音	软腭音	声门音
鼻音	浊	m		n	ɲ	ŋ
	清	m̥		n̥	ɲ̊	ŋ̊
塞音/ 塞擦音	浊	b		d	dʒ	ɡ
	清不送气	p		t	tʃ	k	ʔ
	清送气	pʰ		tʰ	tʃʰ	kʰ
擦音	浊		ð ([d̪ð~d̪])	z
	清不送气		θ ([t̪θ~t̪])	s	ʃ
	清送气			sʰ			h
近音	浊			l	j	w
	清			l̥		ʍ

同时有学者认为，缅甸语字母သ所代表的辅音音位应为齿塞音/t̪, d̪/， 而非齿擦音/θ, ð/。

/ɹ/一般在一些借词中作为/j/的变体出现。

缅甸语另有一鼻辅音位/ɰ̃/。音节尾的⟨မ်⟩ /m/， ⟨န်⟩ /n/， ⟨ဉ်⟩ /ɲ/， ⟨င်⟩ /ŋ/， 及巴利语借词中使用的⟨ဏ⟩ /ɳ/。

该鼻辅尾音通常实现为音节核元音的鼻化，但当在出现在塞音前时也有与该塞音同部位的变体，例如{IPA|/mòʊɰ̃dáɪɰ̃/}} “暴风雨”一词通常实现为[mõ̀ũndã́ĩ]。

The final nasal /ɰ̃/ is the value of the four native final nasals: ⟨မ်⟩ /m/, ⟨န်⟩ /n/, ⟨ဉ်⟩ /ɲ/, ⟨င်⟩ /ŋ/, as well as the retroflex ⟨ဏ⟩ /ɳ/ (used in Pali loans) and nasalisation mark anusvara demonstrated here above ka (က → ကံ) which most often stands in for a homorganic nasal word medially as in တံခါး tankhá ('door', and တံတား tantá ('bridge') or else replaces final -m ⟨မ်⟩ in both Pali and native vocabulary, especially after the OB vowel *u e.g. ငံ ngam ('salty'), သုံး thóum ('three; use'), and ဆုံး sóum ('end'). It does not, however, apply to ⟨ည်⟩ which is never realised as a nasal, but rather as an open front vowel [iː] [eː] or [ɛː]. The final nasal is usually realised as nasalisation of the vowel. It may also allophonically appear as a homorganic nasal before stops. For example, in /mòʊɰ̃dáɪɰ̃/ ('storm'), which is pronounced [mõ̀ũndã́ĩ].

元音

缅甸语元音系统

	单元音			双元音
	前	央	后	Front offglide	Back offglide
闭	i		u
半闭	e	ə	o	ei	ou
半开	ɛ		ɔ
开		a		ai	au

The monophthongs /e/, /o/, /ə/ and /ɔ/ occur only in open syllables (those without a syllable coda); the diphthongs /ei/, /ou/, /ai/ and /au/ occur only in closed syllables (those with a syllable coda). /ə/ only occurs in a minor syllable, and is the only vowel that is permitted in a minor syllable (see below).

The close vowels /i/ and /u/ and the close portions of the diphthongs are somewhat mid-centralized ([ɪ, ʊ]) in closed syllables, i.e. before /ɰ̃/ and /ʔ/. Thus နှစ် /n̥iʔ/ ('two') is phonetically [n̥ɪʔ] and ကြောင် /tɕàũ/ ('cat') is phonetically [tɕàʊ̃].

声调

缅甸语有四个声调，声调之间的区别包括音高，发声态，。

Burmese is a tonal language, which means phonemic contrasts can be made on the basis of the tone of a vowel. In Burmese, these contrasts involve not only pitch, but also phonation, intensity (loudness), duration, and vowel quality. However, some linguists consider Burmese a pitch-register language like Shanghainese.

There are four contrastive tones in Burmese. In the following table, the tones are shown marked on the vowel /a/ as an example.

声调	缅甸语名称	IPA (以a为例)	Symbol (以a为例)	发声态	时长	响度	音高
Low	နိမ့်သံ	[aː˧˧˦]	à	normal	medium	low	low, often slightly rising
High	တက်သံ	[aː˥˥˦]	á	sometimes slightly breathy	long	high	high, often with a fall before a pause
Creaky	သက်သံ	[aˀ˥˧]	a̰	tense or creaky, sometimes with lax glottal stop	medium	high	high, often slightly falling
Checked	တိုင်သံ	[ăʔ˥˧]	aʔ	centralized vowel quality, final glottal stop	short	high	high (in citation; can vary in context)

For example, the following words are distinguished from each other only on the basis of tone:

• Low ခါ /kʰà/ "shake"
• High ခါး /kʰá/ "be bitter"
• Creaky ခ /kʰa̰/ "to wait upon; to attend on"
• Checked ခတ် /kʰaʔ/ "to beat; to strike"

In syllables ending with /ɰ̃/, the checked tone is excluded:

• Low ခံ /kʰàɰ̃/ "undergo"
• High ခန်း /kʰáɰ̃/ "dry up (usually a river)"
• Creaky ခန့် /kʰa̰ɰ̃/ "appoint"

In spoken Burmese, some linguists classify two real tones (there are four nominal tones transcribed in written Burmese), "high" (applied to words that terminate with a stop or check, high-rising pitch) and "ordinary" (unchecked and non-glottal words, with falling or lower pitch), with those tones encompassing a variety of pitches. The "ordinary" tone consists of a range of pitches. Linguist L. F. Taylor concluded that "conversational rhythm and euphonic intonation possess importance" not found in related tonal languages and that "its tonal system is now in an advanced state of decay."

音节结构

缅甸语的音节遵循 C(G)V((V)C) 的结构，即音节首必许包括一个辅音并可以有一个半元音介音；韵基可以包括一个单元音，一个单元音和音节尾辅音或者一个双元音和音节尾辅音。其中，可能的音节尾辅音有/ʔ/ 和 /ɰ̃/ 。每种音节结构的例词见下：

• CV မယ် /mɛ̀/ “密（对年轻女性的称呼）”
• CVC မက် /mɛʔ/ “渴望”
• CGV မြေ /mjè/ “土地”
• CGVC မျက် /mjɛʔ/ “眼睛”
• CVVC မောင် /màʊɰ̃/ “貌(对年轻男性的称呼)”
• CGVVC မြောင်း /mjáʊɰ̃/ “深谷”

缅甸语同时还有 /Cə/ 形式的次要音节结构，其特征为音节首无复辅音，无介音，无声调，无韵尾，并且不能作为词尾音节。例子包括：

• ခလုတ် /kʰə.loʊʔ/ “开关，按钮”
• ပလွေ /pə.lwè/ “笛”
• သရော် /θə.jɔ̀/ “嘲弄”
• ကလက် /kə.lɛʔ/ “轻浮”
• ထမင်းရည် /tʰə.mə.jè/ “米汤”

划分

传统上把南亚语系划分为孟高棉语族和蒙达语族。Diffloth（1974）又把孟-高棉语族划分为东支、北支、南支。

Diffloth（2005）提出了一种新的划分方法，把北支（卡西—克木）单独划为一个语族。具体划分如下：

南亚语系	蒙达语族       Remo(bfw)     萨瓦拉语(srb)         卡里亚(khr)–朱昂语支(jun)       科尔库语(kfq)     Kherwarian          卡西—克木语族      克木语支       布赓语支     崩龙语支         卡西语支      核心孟高棉语族        越语支     卡都语支         巴拿语支     高棉语和比尔语支           尼科巴语支       亚斯里语支     孟语支

Sidwell（2009）对南亚语系36种语言进行了词汇统计，认为传统划分证据不足，因此把十几个语支都和蒙达语族并列起来。

相关页面

• 南方大语系

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外部链接

• Mon-Khmer.com: Lectures by Paul Sidwell
• Ethnologue classification（页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆）
• Mon-Khmer languages at SEAlang（页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆）