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Tai Nuea

Phylum: Tai-Kadai

Genus: Tai

Lat/lon: 24.119, 100.0

ISO code: tdd

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-velarlabio-dentalalveolarpalatalvelarglottal
stopp, pʰt, tʰckʔ
fricativef, vsxh
nasalmnɲ
approximantwjɰ
lateral approximantl

Vowels

Basic short series

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

Long series

central
open

Tones

31, 11, 13ʔ, 53, 35, 21ʔ

Licit initial clusters

Ø

Licit finals

m, n, ŋ, p, t, k, w, j, ɰ

Source: Gedney, W. J. (1976). Notes on Tai Nuea. In Gething, T. W. (Ed.). Tai linguistics in honor of Fang-Kuei Li. Chulalongkorn University Press, 62-102.

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