WRITING

Here are some loan-words written with the nasalized dipthong     in\/ im\/ [ein].

gYn\win\; John Wayne (Eng)
spin\ Spain (Eng)
plin\; plain (Eng)
krin\; crane (Eng)
qim\ Buddhist ordination hall (Pali) 

 

READING

You will read this word Amin\>eta\ as [á méin taw] when you are reading as it is written, but it is sometimes read or said [â méin daw] and sometimes [â méin naw].  Notice that the consonant [t] that follows the nasalized dipthong changes to the nasalized consonant [n].  Nasalization of the consonant following after a nasalized vowel usually occurs when a speaker says a word fast. 

 

WRITTEN

READ

sin\@kI; [sein cì]  [sein jì]
 [sein njì]
Aim\TEmHa [ein htèh mha]

 [ein dèh mha]

 [ein nèh mha]
pin\;pc\ [pèin pin ]

 [pèin bin]

 [pèin min]