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

  • Tai

    • Southwestern (Thai)
      • Northwestern
        • Khun




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]**
 
 
 

Approximant
 
[l]
[j]
[w]
 



* 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




  1. ^ Khun at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)


  2. ^ 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}


  3. ^ bloggang.com (thai)


  4. ^ 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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