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The names and powers of the letters are as follows:—

Vowels.

အ,		a short, as in America.
အာ,		a long, as in father.
ဣ,		ee, as i in pin.
ဤ,		ee, as in feet.
ဥ, ,	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	oo as in good, or u, as in full.
ဦ,		oo, as in food, or u, as in rule.
ဧ,		aa, as a in fate.
အဲ,		ai, as in hair.
ဩ, ,	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	au, as o in on.
ဪ,		au, as in audience.

Consonants.

Name.	Power.
ကကြီး, great ka,	k, as in king.
ခခွေ, curved hka,	hk, k aspirated.
ဂငယ်, small ga,	g, as in good.
ဃကြီး, great ga,	the same.