WRITING
Here are some loan-words written with ိုက် "aiq" glottalized dipthong..
| မိုက်ကယ် | Michael(Eng) |
| မော်တော်ဘိုက် | motor bike (Eng) |
| ဂွတ်ဒနိုက် | good night (Eng) |
| စရိုက် | character (Pali) |
| စပရိုက် | Sprite (Eng) |
READING
Read the following Burmese sentences yourself first. Then click the speaker icon. Listen carefully the different sound of the same consonants following the glottalized dipthong [aiq] and non-glottalized dipthongs
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Glotalized dipthong |
Non-glottalized dipthong |
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ဆိုက်ကား |
side car |
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ရဲကား | police car |
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| ကြိုက်တယ်။ | (I) like it. |
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လာတယ်။ | (I) come. |
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| တိုက်ကြီး | big brick building |
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လူကြီး | adult |
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