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The vowel အ has no symbol, being understood after every consonant, that is not furnished with the symbol of another vowel, or made final in the syllable. See Final Consonants.
The second symbol of the vowel အာ is used, whenever the use of the first would convert the consonant into another letter,—also with ခ and င.
The symbols of the vowels ဣ and ဥ, when united and combined with a consonant, have the power of o, as in note; thus ကို, ko. If they close a syllable, ဝ် may optionally follow, without occa-