bilabial | labio-velar | labio-dental | alveolar | palatal | velar | glottal | |
stop | p, pʰ, b | t, tʰ, d | c, cʰ | k, kʰ | ʔ | ||
trill | r | ||||||
fricative | f | s | h | ||||
nasal | m | n | ŋ | ||||
approximant | w | j | |||||
lateral approximant | l |
front | central | back | |
close | i | ɯ, u | |
close-mid | e | ɤ, o | |
open-mid | ɛ | ɔ | |
open | a |
front | back | |
close-mid | ɤˑ | |
open-mid | ɛˑ |
/ia/, /ɯa/, /ua/
55, 33, 44, 121, 24, 11
kl, kʰl, pl, pʰl, kr, kʰr, pr, pʰr, tr, kw, kʰw
p, t, k, ʔ, 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.
Comments: The inventory of half-long vowels is incomplete.
Contributed by: Dmitry Nikolaev (dnikolaev@fastmail.com)