Khün language
Khun | |
---|---|
Pronunciation | /táj kʰɯ̌ːn/ |
Native to | Burma (Shan State), Thailand |
Region | Kengtung |
Native speakers |
(100,000 cited 1990)[1] |
Language family |
Kra–Dai
|
Writing system |
Tai Tham script, Thai script |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | kkh |
Glottolog | khun1259 [2] |
Khün, or Tai Khün (Tai Khün: ᨴᩱ᩠ᨿᨡᩨ᩠ᨶ, /táj kʰɯ̌ːn/; Thai: ไทเขิน Thai pronunciation: [tʰaj kʰɤ̌ːn]), is the language of the Tai Khün people of Kengtung, Shan State, Myanmar.[3] It is a Tai language that is closely related to Thai and Lao. It is also spoken in Chiang Rai Province, Thailand, and Yunnan Province, China.
Contents
1 Geographical distribution
2 Phonology
3 See also
4 References
5 External links
Geographical distribution
In China, there are about 10,000 Tai Khuen (Chinese: 傣艮/傣痕) people in the following areas of Yunnan province (Gao 1999).[4]
Menglian County 孟连县: in Mengma Town 勐马镇, and in Meng'aba 勐阿坝 (12 villages total)
Ximeng County 西盟县: in Mengsuo 勐梭
Lincang Prefecture (small, scattered population)
Phonology
|
Labial |
Alveolar |
Postalveolar / palatal |
Velar |
Glottal |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nasal |
[m] |
[n] |
[ɲ] |
[ŋ] |
|
Plosives and affricates |
[pʰ] |
[tʰ] |
[tɕʰ] |
[kʰ] |
|
[p] |
[t] |
[tɕ] |
[k] |
[ʔ]* |
|
[b] |
[d] |
||||
Fricative |
[f] |
[s] |
|
|
[h] |
Trill |
|
[r]** |
|
|
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Approximant |
|
[l] |
[j] |
[w] |
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* The glottal plosive is implied after a short vowel without final, or silent before a vowel.
** The [r] is often used with Sankrit and Pali loanwords.
See also
- Northern Thai language
- Shan language
References
^ Khun at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
^ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Khun". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ bloggang.com (thai)
^ Gao Lishi 高立士. 1999. 傣族支系探微. 中南民族学院学报 (哲学社会科学版). 1999 年第1 期 (总第96 期).
- Owen, R. Wyn. 2012. "A tonal analysis of contemporary Tai Khuen varieties". Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society (JSEALS) 5:12-31.
- Petsuk, Rasi (1978). General characteristics of the Khün language. Mahidol University MA thesis.
External links
- Khün alphabet
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