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Shan (Luxi)

Phylum: Tai-Kadai

Genus: Tai

Lat/lon: 24.43369, 98.588

ISO code: shn

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-velarlabio-dentalalveolaralveolo-palatalpalatalvelarglottal
stopp, pʰ, bt, tʰ, dck, kʰʔ
fricativef, vs, sʰʑxh
nasalmnŋ
approximantwjɰ
lateral approximantl

Vowels

Basic short series

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

Long series

central
open

Tones

32, 11, 31ʔ, 44, 45

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: ‘The spirants s, š, ž have been only superficially investigated.’

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