Thai Song language

Thai Song
Thai Song
Lao Song
Native to	Thailand
Ethnicity	Lao Song
Native speakers	45,000 (2001)
Language family	Kra–Dai Tai Southwestern (Thai) Chiang Saen Tai Dam Thai Song; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Thai script, Tai Viet
Language codes
ISO 639-3	soa
Glottolog	thai1259
ELP	Thai Song

Thai Song, or Lao Song, is a Tai language of Thailand. The Tai Song originally settled in Phetchaburi Province, and from there went to settle in various provinces such as Kanchanaburi, Ratchaburi, Suphanburi, Nakhon Pathom, Samut Sakhon, Samut Songkhram, Nakhon Sawan, and Phitsanulok.^[2]

Phonology

Consonants^[3]


		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Plosive	tenuis	p	t	tɕ	k	ʔ
	aspirated	p^h	t^h		k^h
	voiced	b
Fricative		f	s			h
Nasal		m	n	ɲ	ŋ
Approximant		w	l	j

References

^ Thai Song at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
^ Somsonge, Burusphat (1 Jul 2012). "TONES OF THAI SONG VARIETIES" (PDF). Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society. 5: 32–48.
^ Somsonge, Burusphat (Feb 2013). "THE LANGUAGE SHIFT IN PROGRESS OF THAI SONG" (PDF). Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society. 6: 18–34.

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[e25-1] Thai Song at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)

[2] Somsonge, Burusphat (1 Jul 2012). "TONES OF THAI SONG VARIETIES" (PDF). Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society. 5: 32–48.

[3] Somsonge, Burusphat (Feb 2013). "THE LANGUAGE SHIFT IN PROGRESS OF THAI SONG" (PDF). Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society. 6: 18–34.

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Phonology

Consonants[3]

Further reading

References

Consonants^[3]