Myeik dialect
Myeik | |
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Mergui, Merguese | |
Region | Southeast |
Native speakers | 250,000 (1997)[1] |
Sino-Tibetan
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | – |
Glottolog | merg1238 |
The Myeik dialect, also known as Beik in Burmese, Mergui and Merguese in English, and Marit (มะริด) in Thai, is a divergent dialect of Burmese, spoken in Myeik, the second largest town in Tanintharyi Region, the southernmost region of Burma.[2] Myeik shares many commonalities with the Tavoyan dialect, although there are substantial differences especially with regard to phonology.[2]
Phonology[]
Consonants[]
Myeik possesses 27 consonant phonemes:[3]
Bilabial | Dental | Alveolar | Postalveolar and palatal |
Velar and labiovelar |
Glottal | Placeless | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plosive and affricate | pʰ p b | tʰ t d t̪ | tɕʰ tɕ dʑ | kʰ k ɡ | ʔ | ||
Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ɴ | ||
Fricative | sʰ s z | h ɦ | |||||
Approximant | j | w | |||||
Lateral | l |
Unlike Standard Burmese, the Myeik dialect does not have any preaspirated consonants.[4] Phonemes unique to the Myeik dialect include /ɦ/ and /t̪/.[4]
Vowels[]
The Myeik dialect has three types of vowels: plain, nasalized and glottalized, with each type having seven vowels.[5]
Monophthongs | Diphthongs | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Front | Back | Front offglide | Back offglide | |
Close | i | u | ||
Close-mid | e | o | ei | ou |
Open-mid | ɛ | ɔ | ||
Open | a | ai | au |
Notes[]
- ^ Burmese at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
- ^ Jump up to: a b Kato 2012, p. 118.
- ^ Kato 2012, p. 119.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Kato 2012, p. 120.
- ^ Kato 2012, p. 121.
References[]
- Kato, Atsuhiko; Khin Pale (2012). "The Myeik (Beik) Dialect of Burmese" (PDF). Journal of Asian and African Studies. 83: 117–160.
Categories:
- Burmese language