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Soutern Tai (Nakhon Si Thammarat)

Phylum: Tai-Kadai

Genus: Tai

Lat/lon: 8.4303975, 99.963

ISO code: sou

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-velarlabio-dentalalveolarpalatalvelarglottal
stopp, pʰ, bt, tʰ, dck, kʰʔ
trillr
fricativefsh
nasalmnŋ
approximantwj
lateral approximantl

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closeiɯ, u
close-mideɤ, o
open-midɛɔ
opena

Diphthongs

/ia/, /ɯa/, /ua/

Tones

55, 343, 14, 44, 11

Licit initial clusters

kl, kʰl, pl, pʰl, kʰr, pʰr

Licit finals

p, t, k, m, n, ŋ, w, j

Source: Gedney, William J., and Thomas J. Hudak (eds.) 1997. William J. Gedney’s Tai dialect studies: glossaries, texts, and translations. Michigan papers on South and Southeast Asia no. 45. Ann Arbor, Mich: Center for South and Southeast Asian Studies, The University of Michigan.

Contributed by: Dmitry Nikolaev (dnikolaev@fastmail.com)