Editing Consonant mutation (section)

=== Burmese ===
[[Burmese language|Burmese]] exhibits consonant mutation, in the form of sandhi voicing, to varying degrees across regional dialects.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Jenny |first=Mathias |title=Burmese: a comprehensive grammar |date=2016 |publisher=Routledge |others=San San Hnin Tun |isbn=978-1-315-65119-4 |series=Routledge comprehensive grammars |location=London New York}}</ref> Speakers from Yangon and [[Upper Myanmar]] exhibit more consistent use of sandhi voicing and assimilation than speakers from peripheral regions, though local and individual variation exists.<ref name=":0" /> In [[Rakhine language|Arakanese]] (Rakhine), voicing is limited to plain initials, while it is entirely absent in the [[Intha-Danu language|Intha dialect]].<ref name=":0" /> The following consonants are eligible for voicing in Burmese:
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Original consonant
!1st stage of voicing
!2nd stage of voicing
|-
|{{IPA|/kʰ, k/}}
|{{IPA|/ɡ/}}
|{{IPA|/Ø/}}
|-
|{{IPA|/tɕʰ, tɕ/}}
|{{IPA|/dʑ/}} → {{IPA|/j/}}
|—
|-
|{{IPA|/sʰ, s/}}
|{{IPA|/z/}}
|—
|-
|{{IPA|/tʰ, t/}}
|{{IPA|/d/}}
|{{IPA|/ɾ/}}
|-
|{{IPA|/pʰ, p/}}
|{{IPA|/b/}} → {{IPA|/β/}} → {{IPA|/m/}}
|{{IPA|/Ø/}}
|-
|{{IPA|/θ/}}
|{{IPA|/ð/}}
|—
|-
|ŋ̊
|{{IPA|/ŋ/}}
|—
|-
|n̥
|{{IPA|/n/}}
|—
|-
|m̥
|{{IPA|/m/}}
|—
|-
|ɲ̥
|{{IPA|/ɲ̥/}}
|—
|}
Voicing generally occurs when a voicable consonant occurs between two vowels, and have voiced consonants. Some commonly used grammatical markers like {{Angbr|တယ်}} ({{Ipa|[tɛ]}} → {{Ipa|[dɛ]}} → {{Ipa|[ɾɛ]}}) and {{Angbr|ဘူး}} ({{Ipa|[bù]}} → {{Ipa|[ù]}}) also undergo the 2nd stage of voicing.<ref name=":0" /> Voicing also occurs in the pronunciation of [[Burmese numerals]] and classifiers.<ref name=":0" /> 

The primary type of sandhi voicing occurs when two syllables are joined to form a [[compound (linguistics)|compound word]], with the initial consonant of the second syllable becoming [[voiced consonant|voiced]].<ref name=":0" />

Examples:
:{{IPA|/sʰé/}} ({{lang|my|ဆေး}}) + {{IPA|/'''kʰ'''áɴ/}} ({{lang|my|ခန်း}}) > {{IPA|/sʰé '''ɡ'''áɴ/}} ("medicine" + "room" → "clinic")

The second type of consonant mutation occurs when the phoneme {{IPA|/dʑ/}} after the nasalized final {{IPA|/ɴ/}} becomes a {{IPA|/j/}} sound in compound words.

Examples:
:"blouse" ({{lang|my|အင်္ကျီ}} ''angkyi'') can be pronounced {{IPA|/èɪɴ'''dʑ'''í/}} or {{IPA|/èɪɴ'''j'''í/}}.

The third type of consonant mutation occurs when phonemes {{IPA|/p, pʰ, b, t, tʰ, d/}}, after the nasalized final {{IPA|/ɴ/}}, become {{IPA|/m/}} in compound words:

:{{IPA|/tàɪɴ/}} ({{lang|my|တိုင်}}) + {{IPA|/'''p'''ɪ̀ɴ/}} ({{lang|my|ပင်}}) > {{IPA|/tàɪɴ '''m'''ɪ̀ɴ/}} ({{lang|my|တိုင်ပင်}}) ("to consult")
:{{IPA|/táʊɴ/}} ({{lang|my|တောင်း}}) + {{IPA|/'''p'''àɴ/}} ({{lang|my|ပန်}}) > {{IPA|/táʊɴ '''m'''àɴ/}} ("to apologize")
:{{IPA|/lè jɪ̀ɴ/}} ({{lang|my|လေယာဉ်}}) + {{IPA|/'''p'''jàɴ/}} ({{lang|my|ပျံ}}) > {{IPA|/lèɪɴ '''m'''jàɴ/}} ("airplane")