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]
| Thai Song | |
|---|---|
| Lao Song | |
| Native to | Thailand |
| Ethnicity | Lao Song |
Native speakers | 45,000 (2001)[1] |
Kra–Dai
| |
| Thai script, Tai Viet | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | soa |
| Glottolog | thai1259 |
| ELP | Thai Song |
 Map of Tai dam language, showing Thai song as a dialect of Tai dam | |
Phonology
edit| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | tenuis | p | t | tɕ | k | ʔ |
| aspirated | ph | th | kh | |||
| voiced | b | |||||
| Fricative | f | s | h | |||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||
| Approximant | w | l | j | |||
Further reading
editReferences
edit- ^ 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.
