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Shan (Hsi Paw)

Phylum: Tai-Kadai

Genus: Tai

Lat/lon: 22.6236316, 97.3

ISO code: shn

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-velarlabio-dentalalveolarpalatalvelarglottal
stopp, pʰt, tʰ, dc, cʰk, kʰʔ
fricativevs, sʰh
nasalmnɲŋ
approximantwjɰ
lateral approximantl

Vowels

Basic short series

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

Long series

central
open

Tones

24, 21, 31ʔ, 55, 41ʔ

Licit finals

p, t, k, m, n, ŋ, w, j, ɰ

Source: Gedney, William J. 1994. Southwestern Tai dialects: glossaries, texts and translations. Michigan papers on South and Southeast Asia no. 42. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Center for South and Southeast Asian Studies, University of Michigan.

Comments: Initial clusters were not investigated.

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