The word "birlers" is spelled with the letter "r" after the letters "l" and "b," respectively. The IPA phonetic transcription of "birlers" would be /ˈbɜrlərz/. This indicates that the word begins with a voiced bilabial fricative "b" sound, followed by an open-mid central vowel "ɜ." The "-rl-" sound is represented by the retroflex approximant "ɻ" followed by the voiceless alveolar lateral fricative "l." The word ends with a voiced alveolar fricative "z" sound.