Prai language
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| Prai | |
|---|---|
| Phai | |
| Thin | |
| Native to | Thailand, Laos |
| Ethnicity | Phai people |
Native speakers | (40,000 cited 2001)[1] |
Austroasiatic
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | prt |
| Glottolog | phai1238 |
| ELP | Lua error in Module:Endangered_Languages_Project at line 21: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). |
Prai (Phray) or Phai, also known as Thin (Htin), is a Mon–Khmer language of Thailand and Laos. There are several closely related, but not mutually intelligible dialects which go by the names Prai and Thin. They are also closely related to Mal, together forming the Mal–Phrai group of languages, sometimes collectively called Lua' language (because they are spoken by the Lua people).
Phonology
[edit | edit source]| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||
| Stop | plain | p | t | c | k | ʔ |
| implosive | ɓ | ɗ | ||||
| Fricative | ç | h | ||||
| Approximant | w | l | j | |||
| Trill | r | |||||
| Front | Central | Back | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unrounded | Rounded | |||
| Close | i | ɯ | u | |
| Mid | e | ə | o | |
| Open-mid | ɔ | |||
| Open | æ | a | ||
All vowels can be long or short.
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Prai at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ a b Steven Moran and Daniel McCloy and Richard Wright. 2019. Prai sound inventory (PH). In: Moran, Steven & McCloy, Daniel (eds.)