The following initials are listed in the traditional ordering of the Burmese script, with the transcriptions of the initials listed before their IPA equivalents: 1Sometimes used as a final, but preceding diacritics determine its pronunciation.
Most words of Sino-Tibetan origin are spelt without stacking, but polysyllabic words of Indo-European origin (such as Pali, Sanskrit, and English) are often spelt with stacking.
Possible combinations are as follows: 1ang ga. lip is uncommonly spelt ang ga. lit (အင်္ဂလိတ်).
All possible combinations are as follows, and correspond to the colors of the initials above: Nasalised finals are transcribed differently.
Formal Burmese has four abbreviated symbols, which are typically used in literary works: