ထနော့အက္ခရာများ

Final အ် represents a final glottal stop, similar to the sound in words like တတ် taʔ and လစ် liʔ in Burmese. There is some variation in pronunciation among individual speakers, final အ် sometimes being realized as -k, -t, or -p. The final ဉ် represents a nasal vowel, like in Burmese ကန် kaɴ and ပင် piɴ. There is some variation in pronunciation among individual speakers, final ဉ် sometimes being realized as -ŋ, -n, or -m. For speakers who wish to distinguish final consonants by place of articulation, the additional finals -က်, -တ်, -ပ်, -င်, -န်, -မ် can be used. 

*The rhyme ɯj/ɤj with final ယ် -j is found in some interjections, such as hɯj, hɯ́j (or hɤj, hɤ́j) and can be written as အီုယ်. Final -j does not occur with other vowels.

Htanaw distinguishes three lexical tones: low/low-falling, mid/mid-falling, and high/high-rising. These are written as -, း, and ့, respectively: အာ အား အာ့ ʔà ʔa ʔá, အီ အီး အီ့ ʔì ʔi ʔí, အဲ အဲး အဲ့ ʔɛ̀ ʔɛ ʔɛ́, etc. The realization of tones may vary according to the context, and the tone assignment is not certain in many cases. Besides distinguishing lexical meanings, tones in Htanaw also have grammatical function (see grammar). Tone sandhi changes the tone of some, but not all, words in low or mid tone to high when preceded by a high tone. This can be seen in wàh 'cow', which is pronounced as wáh in the phrase kətá wáh 'cow's tail', but in the elicitation form wàh in the phrase kài wàh 'cow's food'. Other words do not undergo tone changes in the same contexts, as seen in sàɴ 'bird', which retains the low tone in kətá sàɴ 'bird's tail'. The exact functioning of tone sandhi is subject to further research.