Thavung language
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| Thavưng | |
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| Phon Soung, Aheu | |
| โซ่ | |
| Native to | Laos,Thailand |
Native speakers | 700 (2007)[1] |
Austroasiatic
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| Thai | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | thm |
| Glottolog | aheu1239 |
| ELP | Thavung |
ThavưngorAheuis a language spoken by thePhon Sung peopleinLaosandThailand.There are thought to be some 1,770 speakers in Laos, largely concentrated inKhamkeut District.A further 750 speakers live in 3 villages ofSong Dao District,Sakon Nakhon Province,Thailand, namely Ban Nong Waeng (in Pathum Wapi Subdistrict), Ban Nong Charoen, and Ban Nong Muang.[2]
Thavung makes a four-way distinction between clear and breathy phonation combined with glottalized final consonants. This is very similar to the situation in thePearic languagesin which, however, the glottalization is in the vowel.[3]
Phonology
[edit]| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
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| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||
| Stop | plain | p | t | c | k | ʔ |
| aspirated | pʰ | tʰ | cʰ | kʰ | ||
| voiced | b | d | ||||
| Fricative | f | s | h | |||
| Approximant | w | l | j | |||
| Trill | ɾ | |||||
Vowels
[edit]| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | ɨ | u |
| Close-mid | e | o | |
| Mid | ǝ | ||
| Open-mid | ɔ | ||
| Open | a |
The vowels can also be long. In Thavung there are 3 Diphthongs: ia ɨa ua.
Further reading
[edit]- Premsrirat, Suwilai (1996).Phonological characteristics of So (Thavung), a Vietic language of Thailand.
References
[edit]- ^ThavưngatEthnologue(18th ed., 2015)(subscription required)
- ^Suwilai Premsrirat (1996).Phonological characteristics of So (Thavung), a Vietic language of Thailand.Retrieved 22. Nov. 2017.
- ^Sidwell, Paul.Vietic languages.Mon-Khmer Languages Project.
- ^Steven Moran and Daniel McCloy and Richard Wright. 2019. Thavung sound inventory (PH). In: Moran, Steven & McCloy, Daniel (eds.)
- ^"The Tower of Babel".starlingdb.org.Retrieved2022-03-05.
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