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Rh The sound of a final consonant is frequently lost or absorbed, in the initial consonant of the following syllable or word, as အက္ခရာ ekara, not etkara; and sometimes modified thereby, as သင်&#8203;ဘော thembau, not thenbau. But these permutations, being dictates of nature, will be naturally acquired without rule.

The light accent ့, called အံ&#8203;မြစ် or အောက်&#8203;မြစ်, is placed under the letter, thus ကန့်. It is used with the vowels ဧ, အဲ,, and အို and the nasal consonants.

The heavy accent း, called ဝိ&#8203;သဇ္ဇနိ&#8203;နှစ်&#8203;လုံး (vulgarly ဝတ်&#8203;စ&#8203;နှစ်&#8203;လုံး) or ရှေ့&#8203;ပေါက်, is placed after the letter, thus ကန်း. It is used with the vowels အာ, ဤ, ဦ, ဧ and အို, and the nasal consonants. This accent is considered as inherent in the vowel အဲ (unless superseded by the light accent,) and the final consonant မ်, when combined with the vowel အ. In these cases, therefore, it is frequently omitted, as superfluous.