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| Name. | Power. |
| ယပက်လက်, supine ya, | y, as in young. |
| ရကောက်, crooked ra, | r, as in run, or y, as above. |
| လ, la, | l, as in love. |
| ဝ, wa, | w, as in word. |
| သ, tha, | th, soft, as in thin, or th, hard, as in this. |
| ဟ, ha, | h, as in home. |
| ဠကြီး, great la, | l, as in love. |
The character ံ called နိဂ္ဂဟိတ် or သေးသေးတင်, is reckoned among the consonants, by the Burmese. It is placed over the letter, with which it is combined, and has the power of a final မ, divested of its inherent heavy accent (see Accents;) thus သံ, than.
Compound Consonants.
Compound Consonants are formed by combining one or more of the letters ယ, ရ, ဝ, and ဟ under symbolic forms, with simple consonants, according to the following table:—
