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Southern Tai (Ko Samui)

Phylum: Tai-Kadai

Genus: Tai

Lat/lon: 9.5214157, 100.0482144

ISO code: sou

Consonants

Basic short series

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

Vowels

Basic short series

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

Short half-long series

frontback
close-midɤˑ
open-midɛˑ

Diphthongs

/ia/, /ɯa/, /ua/

Tones

55, 33, 44, 121, 24, 11

Licit initial clusters

kl, kʰl, pl, pʰl, kr, kʰr, pr, pʰr, tr, kw, kʰw

Licit finals

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)