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音系

輔音

緬甸語輔音系統

		雙唇音	齒音	齒齦音	齒齦後音/ 硬齶音	軟齶音	聲門音
鼻音	濁	m		n	ɲ	ŋ
	清	m̥		n̥	ɲ̊	ŋ̊
塞音/ 塞擦音	濁	b		d	dʒ	ɡ
	清不送氣	p		t	tʃ	k	ʔ
	清送氣	pʰ		tʰ	tʃʰ	kʰ
擦音	濁		ð ([d̪ð~d̪])	z
	清不送氣		θ ([t̪θ~t̪])	s	ʃ
	清送氣			sʰ			h
近音	濁			l	j	w
	清			l̥		ʍ

同時有學者認為，緬甸語字母သ所代表的輔音音位應為齒塞音/t̪, d̪/， 而非齒擦音/θ, ð/。

/ɹ/一般在一些借詞中作為/j/的變體出現。

緬甸語另有一鼻輔音位/ɰ̃/。音節尾的⟨မ်⟩ /m/， ⟨န်⟩ /n/， ⟨ဉ်⟩ /ɲ/， ⟨င်⟩ /ŋ/， 及巴利語借詞中使用的⟨ဏ⟩ /ɳ/。

該鼻輔尾音通常實現為音節核元音的鼻化，但當在出現在塞音前時也有與該塞音同部位的變體，例如{IPA|/mòʊɰ̃dáɪɰ̃/}} 「暴風雨」一詞通常實現為[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

緬甸語元音系統

	單元音			雙元音
	前	央	後	Front offglide	Back offglide
閉	i		u
半閉	e	ə	o	ei	ou
半開	ɛ		ɔ
開		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].

聲調

緬甸語有四個聲調，聲調之間的區別包括音高，發聲態，。

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.

聲調	緬甸語名稱	IPA (以a為例)	Symbol (以a為例)	發聲態	時長	響度	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."

音節結構

緬甸語的音節遵循 C(G)V((V)C) 的結構，即音節首必許包括一個輔音並可以有一個半元音介音；韻基可以包括一個單元音，一個單元音和音節尾輔音或者一個雙元音和音節尾輔音。其中，可能的音節尾輔音有/ʔ/ 和 /ɰ̃/ 。每種音節結構的例詞見下：

• CV မယ် /mɛ̀/ 「密（對年輕女性的稱呼）」
• CVC မက် /mɛʔ/ 「渴望」
• CGV မြေ /mjè/ 「土地」
• CGVC မျက် /mjɛʔ/ 「眼睛」
• CVVC မောင် /màʊɰ̃/ 「貌(對年輕男性的稱呼)」
• CGVVC မြောင်း /mjáʊɰ̃/ 「深谷」

緬甸語同時還有 /Cə/ 形式的次要音節結構，其特徵為音節首無複輔音，無介音，無聲調，無韻尾，並且不能作為詞尾音節。例子包括：

• ခလုတ် /kʰə.loʊʔ/ 「開關，按鈕」
• ပလွေ /pə.lwè/ 「笛」
• သရော် /θə.jɔ̀/ 「嘲弄」
• ကလက် /kə.lɛʔ/ 「輕浮」
• ထမင်းရည် /tʰə.mə.jè/ 「米湯」

劃分

傳統上把南亞語系劃分為孟高棉語族和蒙達語族。Diffloth（1974）又把孟-高棉語族劃分為東支、北支、南支。

Diffloth（2005）提出了一種新的劃分方法，把北支（卡西—克木）單獨劃為一個語族。具體劃分如下：

南亞語系	蒙達語族       Remo(bfw)     薩瓦拉語(srb)         卡里亞(khr)–朱昂語支(jun)       科爾庫語(kfq)     Kherwarian          卡西—克木語族      克木語支       布賡語支     崩龍語支         卡西語支      核心孟高棉語族        越語支     卡都語支         巴拿語支     高棉語和比爾語支           尼科巴語支       亞斯里語支     孟語支

Sidwell（2009）對南亞語系36種語言進行了詞彙統計，認為傳統劃分證據不足，因此把十幾個語支都和蒙達語族並列起來。

相關頁面

• 南方大語系

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外部連結

• Mon-Khmer.com: Lectures by Paul Sidwell
• Ethnologue classification（頁面存檔備份，存於網際網路檔案館）
• Mon-Khmer languages at SEAlang（頁面存檔備份，存於網際網路檔案館）