The Sgaw Karen alphabet

These are the Sgaw Karen consonants. Each shows the letter in the Karen script and a rough romanized name. The script is the heritage — romanization is only a scaffold for getting started.

ကka

ခkha

ဂga

ဃgha

ငnga

စsa

ဆhsa

ဇza

ညnya

တta

ထhta

ဒda

နna

ပpa

ဖhpa

ဗba

မma

ယya

ရra

လla

ဝwa

သtha

ဟha

အa

Sgaw Karen is tonal. These letters show the script and a rough sound — true pronunciation needs a native speaker and audio, which is why Knyaw focuses on reading and meaning for now.

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