^The [r] is often used with Sanskrit and Pali loanwords.
Tonesedit
There are contrastive five or six tones in Khün.[4] The varieties spoken in Keng Tung City, Kang Murng, and Kat Fah have five tones, and the variety spoken in Murng Lang has six tones.[4] Keng Tung City, Kang Murng, and Murng Lang are part of Kengtung Township.[4]
Smooth syllablesedit
The table below presents the tones in the varieties spoken in Keng Tung City, Kang Murng, Kat Fah, and Murng Lang. These tones occur in smooth syllables which are open syllables or closed syllables ending in a sonorant sound, such as /m/, /n/, /ŋ/, /w/, or /j/.
Tones in smooth syllables in the varieties spoken in Keng Tung City, Kang Murng, and Murng Lang (Owen, 2012, p. 27)[4]
Three of the five or six phonemic tones occur in checked syllables[4] which are closed syllables ending in a glottal stop (/ʔ/) or an obstruent sound, such as /p/, /t/, or /k/. The table below presents the three tones in the varieties spoken in Keng Tung City, Kang Murng, and Kat Fah.
Tones in checked syllables in the varieties spoken in Keng Tung City, Kang Murng, and Kat Fah (Owen, 2012, p. 28)[4]
^ abcdefghiOwen, R. W. (2012). A tonal analysis of contemporary Tai Khuen varieties. Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society (JSEALS) 5:12–31.
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 linksedit
Khün alphabet
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khün, language, confused, with, khuen, language, khün, khün, khün, ᨿᨡ, kʰɯːn, shan, thai, ไทเข, tʰaj, kʰɤ, also, known, kengtung, kengtung, shan, language, khün, people, kengtung, shan, state, myanmar, also, spoken, chiang, province, thailand, yunnan, province. Not to be confused with Khuen language Khun or Tai Khun Tai Khun ᨴ ᨿᨡ ᨶ taj kʰɯːn Shan တ ၶ ၼ Thai ithekhin tʰaj kʰɤ ːn also known as Kengtung tai Kengtung Shan is the language of the Tai Khun people of Kengtung Shan State Myanmar 2 It is also spoken in Chiang Rai Province Thailand and Yunnan Province China KhunKengtung ShanKengtung taiᨴ ᨿᨡ ᨶPronunciation taj kʰɯ ːn Native toMyanmar Shan State ThailandRegionKengtungNative speakers 100 000 cited 1990 1 Language familyKra Dai TaiSouthwestern Thai NorthwesternKhunWriting systemTai Tham script Thai scriptOfficial statusRecognised minoritylanguage in MyanmarLanguage codesISO 639 3 a href https iso639 3 sil org code kkh class extiw title iso639 3 kkh kkh a Glottologkhun1259The Khun varieties share 93 to 100 lexical similarity 2 Khun is closely related to other Tai languages Khun shares 90 to 95 lexical similarity with Northern Thai language 92 to 95 with Lu 93 to 97 with Shan and 80 to 83 with standard Thai 2 Contents 1 Geographical distribution 2 Phonology 2 1 Tones 2 1 1 Smooth syllables 2 1 2 Checked syllables 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksGeographical distribution editIn China there are about 10 000 Tai Khuen Chinese 傣艮 傣痕 people in the following areas of Yunnan province Gao 1999 3 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 editLabial Alveolar Postalveolar palatal Velar GlottalNasal m n ɲ ŋ Plosive amp Affricate aspirated pʰ tʰ tɕʰ kʰ tenuis p t tɕ k ʔ a voiced b d Fricative f s h Trill r b Approximant l j w The glottal stop is implied What does implied mean Is it there or not after a short vowel without final or silent before a vowel If it s silent what s the evidence that it s there The r is often used with Sanskrit and Pali loanwords Tones edit There are contrastive five or six tones in Khun 4 The varieties spoken in Keng Tung City Kang Murng and Kat Fah have five tones and the variety spoken in Murng Lang has six tones 4 Keng Tung City Kang Murng and Murng Lang are part of Kengtung Township 4 Smooth syllables edit The table below presents the tones in the varieties spoken in Keng Tung City Kang Murng Kat Fah and Murng Lang These tones occur in smooth syllables which are open syllables or closed syllables ending in a sonorant sound such as m n ŋ w or j Tones in smooth syllables in the varieties spoken in Keng Tung City Kang Murng and Murng Lang Owen 2012 p 27 4 Keng Tung City Kang Murng and Kat Fah Murng LangName Tone letters Example s 4 Name Tone letters Example 4 falling rising 325 or kaː ᨠ crow falling rising 215 or kaː ᨠ crow mid 33 or kaː ᨣ car high 44 or kaː ᨣ car low 22 or kaː ᨠ charm kaː ᨣ cost low rising 13 or kaː ᨠ charm low 22 or kaː ᨣ cost mid glottalized 33ʔ or ʔ kaː ʔ ᨠ to dance mid glottalized 33ʔ or ʔ kaː ʔ ᨠ to dance high falling 41 or kaː ᨣ to trade high falling 51 or kaː ᨣ to trade Checked syllables edit Three of the five or six phonemic tones occur in checked syllables 4 which are closed syllables ending in a glottal stop ʔ or an obstruent sound such as p t or k The table below presents the three tones in the varieties spoken in Keng Tung City Kang Murng and Kat Fah Tones in checked syllables in the varieties spoken in Keng Tung City Kang Murng and Kat Fah Owen 2012 p 28 4 Tone Vowel length Example s 4 mid short kap ᨠ ᨷ with high falling kap ᨣ ᨷ tight low long kaːp ᨠ ᨷ coconut husk kaːp ᨣ ᨷ to grip in teeth See also editNorthern Thai language Shan languageReferences edit Khun at Ethnologue 18th ed 2015 subscription required a b c 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 a b c d e f g h i Owen R W 2012 A tonal analysis of contemporary Tai Khuen varieties Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society JSEALS 5 12 31 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 Khun language Mahidol University MA thesis External links editKhun alphabet This Kra Dai languages related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Khun language amp oldid 1203762482, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
