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Rh As an appendix to the foregoing table, note—

1. Cerebrals, when final, are the same as dentals.

2. The 3d letter of each class is the same as the 1st.

3. The 2d and 4th letters of each class never occur as finals, except in some words derived from the Pali, when they are mute, as မိုဃ်း, from မေ&#8203;ဃ, the sky, pronounced as မိုး.

4. ဠ် is the same as လ်.

5. ဝ် and ဟ် are mute.

6. အာ before a final, gives the syllable the same power as အ; thus အာရ် is pronounced an.

The final syllables, as exhibited above, are combined with any consonant simple or compound, as ကက် ket, ကျင် kyen, &c. without any change in their pronunciation, except in two cases, viz. ဝ before ဠ်, တ်, ပ်, or သ်, is commonly pronounced wōt, not wāt, and before ဏ်, န်, မ်, လ်, or ံ, wōn or woon, not wan; and consonants compounded with ဝ, as ကွ, စွ, &c. before ဠ်, တ်, ပ် or သ်, are commonly pronounced kooat, tsooat, &c. and before ဏ်, န်, မ်, လ်, or ံ, kooan, tsooan, &c.