BURMESE ROMANIZATION     Last updated on 2011/2555     12     10, a full moon day;

Brief Introduction: Burmese Romanization is based on Echols Collection, Olin Library, Cornell University's online cataloging in 1989; At that time, usamyanmar.net's developer helped online cataloging to Prof. Curator John Badgley, USA's Library of Congress as code AMK, aung myint kyaw; This old format Burmese Romanization webpage might help Myanmar students, researchers, scholars, and professionals who search Myanmar documents through libraries in the United States of America;

Also see: Chinese Romanization; Nippon Pronunciation;

1; Myanmar Consonants     US Library of Congress Standard Romanized Consonants

reading direction: from left to right;

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2; Vowels     US Library of Congress Standard Romanized Vowels                Top

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3; Medials    US Library of Congress Standard Romanized Medials                Top

Medial are written in the order: y, r, v, and h;          e.g.

4; Conjunct Consonants     US Library of Congress Standard Romanized Conjunct Consonants        Top

Romanize an upper consonant before a lower one:

Note that the following consonants have modified forms when conjunct:

5; Final Symbols     US Library of Congress Standard Romanized Final Symbols                Top

6; Tone Marks     US Library of Congress Standard Romanized Tone Marks                Top

Examples:

7; Punctuation     US Library of Congress Standard Romanized Punctuation                Top

8; Numerals     US Library of Congress Standard Romanized Numerals                Top

9; Abbreviations     US Library of Congress Standard Romanized Abbreviations                Top

10; Word Division     US Library of Congress Standard Romanized Word Division                Top

Myanmar words: leave a space after each syllable;

Loanwords: use the same division as in the original language; Apply the same practice also to loanwords with modified forms in Myanmar;

		Original Language: Chinese
		Original Language: English
		Original Language: Indian
		Original Language: Mon
		Original Language: Pali (Modified)

11; Capitalization     US Library of Congress Standard Romanized Capitalization                Top

Capitalize as for English;

For personal names composed of Burmese elements, or of elements treated as Burmese, capitalize the initial letter of each syllable;

12; Examples     US Library of Congress Standard Romanized Examples                Top

Notes:

1; Some symbols of the Burmese script are attached above, below, or beside a consonant; Where such symbols are listed above, a plus sign is used to represent the consonant;                

2; Absence of vowel symbol in the script is represented by -a in the Romanization, with the following exceptions:

(a) when a different vowel is indicated by its appropriate symbol; See 2; vowels, above;         

(b) when the absence of any vowel is indicated by the symbol ; See 5; Final symbols, above;

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