Khün language
Khun | |
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Kengtung Shan Kengtung tai | |
ᨴᩱ᩠ᨿᨡᩨ᩠ᨶ | |
Pronunciation | /táj kʰɯ̌ːn/ |
Native to | Myanmar (Shan State), Thailand |
Region | Kengtung |
Native speakers | (100,000 cited 1990)[1] |
Language family | Kra–Dai
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Writing system | Tai Tham script, Thai script |
Official status | |
Recognised minority language in | Myanmar |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | kkh |
Glottolog | khun1259 |
Khün, or Tai Khün (Tai Khün: ᨴᩱ᩠ᨿᨡᩨ᩠ᨶ /táj kʰɯ̌ːn/; Thai: ไทเขิน [tʰaj kʰɤ̌ːn]), also known as Kengtung tai, Kengtung Shan, is the language of the Tai Khün people of Kengtung, Shan State, Myanmar.[2] It is a Tai language that is closely related to Thai and Lao. It is also spoken in Chiang Rai Province, Thailand, and Yunnan Province, China.
Geographical distribution[]
In China, there are about 10,000 Tai Khuen (Chinese: 傣艮/傣痕) people in the following areas of Yunnan province (Gao 1999).[3]
- Menglian County 孟连县: in Mengma Town 勐马镇, and in Meng'aba 勐阿坝 (12 villages total)
- Ximeng County 西盟县: in Mengsuo 勐梭
- Lincang Prefecture (small, scattered population)
Phonology[]
Labial | Alveolar | Postalveolar / palatal |
Velar | Glottal | ||
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Nasal | [m] | [n] | [ɲ] | [ŋ] | ||
Plosive & Affricate |
aspirated | [pʰ] | [tʰ] | [tɕʰ] | [kʰ] | |
tenuis | [p] | [t] | [tɕ] | [k] | [ʔ][a] | |
voiced | [b] | [d] | ||||
Fricative | [f] | [s] | [h] | |||
Trill | [r][b] | |||||
Approximant | [l] | [j] | [w] |
See also[]
- Northern Thai language
- Shan language
References[]
- ^ Khun at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ bloggang.com (thai)
- ^ Gao Lishi 高立士. 1999. 傣族支系探微. 中南民族学院学报 (哲学社会科学版). 1999 年第1 期 (总第96 期).
- Owen, R. Wyn. 2012. "A tonal analysis of contemporary Tai Khuen varieties". Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society (JSEALS) 5:12-31.
- Petsuk, Rasi (1978). General characteristics of the Khün language. Mahidol University MA thesis.
External links[]
Categories:
- Languages of Laos
- Languages of Thailand
- Languages of Myanmar
- Tai languages
- Kra–Dai language stubs