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The character ံ called နိဂ္ဂ&#8203;ဟိတ် or သေး&#8203;သေး&#8203;တင်, 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 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:—