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Number: 2423

Language: Thavung

Alternate Name: Aheu

Location: Thailand

Population: 1,000

Classification: Austric: Austroasiatic: Mon-Khmer: North: Viet-Muong

Other Sources: Ferlus, Michel. 1974. "Problems de mutations consonantiques en thavung," BSLP 69, 311-23.

Consonant system:

p p^h b t t^h d c ɟ k k^h kʷ kʷ^h ʔ

v s h
m n ñ ŋ
l

Stops: p p^h b t t^h d c ɟ k k^h kʷ kʷ^h ʔ

Fricatives: v s h

Nasals: m n ñ ŋ

Laterals: l

Glides: j w

Vowel system:

Front Vowels: i e

Central Vowels: ɨ ǝ a

Back Vowels: u o ɔ

Long Vowels: v̄ all

Diphthongs: ia ɨa ua

Syllable: CV(C)

Tones:

hi
hi-glot
lo
lo-glot

Number: 2429

Language: Vietnamese

Dialect: Hanoi

Location: N Vietnam

Population: 40 million

Classification: Austric: Austroasiatic: Mon-Khmer: North: Viet-Muong

Grammar:

Emeneau, M. B. 1951. Studies in Vietnamese (Annamese) Grammar. UCPL 8.
Lê-Van-Ly 1960. Le parler vietnamien. Saigon.
Thompson, Laurence C. 1965. A Vietnamese Grammar. Seattle: Univ of Washington Press.

TextBooks: Nguyên Dı̀nh Hoà. 1974. Colloquial Vietnamese. Carbondale: Southern Illionis Univ Press.

Consonant system:

   (p) t̪ t̪^h ṭ c k ʔ
   ɓ ɗ
   f s̪ ṣ x h
   v z̪ ẓ ɣ
   m n̪ ñ ŋ
    l

Stops: (p) ɓ t̪ t̪^h ɗ ṭ c k ʔ

Fricatives: f v s̪ z̪ ṣ ẓ x ɣ h

Nasals: m n̪ ñ ŋ

Laterals: l

Glides: j w ɯ̯ ɑ̯

Vowel system:

    i ɯ u
   e ɤ o
   ɛ ɐ ɔ
    a

Front Vowels: i e ɛ

Central Vowels: ɐ a

Back Vowels: u ɯ o ɤ ɔ

Diphthongs:

ie ɨǝ uo ɯɤ ɯa ua ...
triphthongs

Syllable: CV(C)(C)

Tones: hi-ris hi-ris-glot hi-mid-lev lo-lev lo-fall lo-fall-glot

Demonstratives: 3 + ref

Pronouns:

1 4ie
2 5
3 6 + indef
Politeness: many kinds of deferential pronouns for inferiors, superiors, kings, gods, servants, etc.

Syntax: SVO NA NG ND NUM-N N-POSS Num+N+A+D

Prep/Post: PREP

Number: 2430

Language: Vietnamese

Dialect: Hi Chi Minh City

Location: S Vietnam

Population: 40 million

Classification: Austric: Austroasiatic: Mon-Khmer: North: Viet-Muong

Grammar: Nguyкn Dăng Liкm. 1969. Vietnamese Grammar. PL C4.

TextBooks:

Thompson, Laurence. 1959. "Saigon Phonemics," Lg 35, 454-76.
Nguyкn Dăng Liкm. 1970a. A Contrastive Phonological Analysis of English and Vietnamese PL C8.

Other Sources:

Nguyкn Dăng Liкm. 1970b. Vietnamese Pronunciation. Honolulu: Univ of Hawaii Press.
AL 8:3

Consonant system:

p ɓ t̪ t̪^h ɗ ṭ c k

f v s ṣ x ɣ h
m n̪ ñ ŋ
l
r

Stops: p ɓ t̪ t̪^h ɗ ṭ c k

Fricatives: f v s ṣ x ɣ h

Nasals: m n̪ ñ ŋ

Laterals: l

Vibrants: r

Glides: j w

Vowel system:

Front Vowels: i e ɛ

Central Vowels: ǝ ɐ a

Back Vowels: u ɯ o ɤ ɔ

Long Vowels: v̄

Diphthongs: iǝ ɯǝ uǝ ɐu

Syllable: (C)(w)V(C)

Tones: hi-lev hi-ris mid-ris lo-lev lo-ris

Pronouns:

1 4ie
2 5
3 6
Politeness: many forms

Syntax: SVO NA NG ND NUM-N N-POSS Num+N+A+D

Prep/Post: PREP

Number: 2432

Language: Brũ

Location: C Vietnam (Quаng Tri)

Population: 40,000

Classification: Austric: Austroasiatic: Mon-Khmer: East: Katuic: West: So-Bru

Other Sources:

Miller, John D. 1964. "Word Classes in Brôu," in Mon-Khmer Studies I, Saigon, SIL, 41-62.
Miller, Carolyn P. 1964. "The Substantive Phrase in Brôu," in Mon-Khmer Studies I, Saigon, SIL, 63-80.
Miller, John and Carolyn Miller. 1967. English-Brôu Language Familiarization Manual. Saigon: SIL.
Phillips, Richard L., John Miller and Carolyn Miller. 1976. "The Bru Vowel System: Alternate Analyses," MKS 5, 203-17.
Thongkum, Theraphan L. 1979. "The Distribution of the Sounds of Bruu," MKS 8, 221-93.

Consonant system:

   p p^h t t^h c k k^h ʔ
b d
    s h
m n ñ ŋ
    l
    r

Stops: p p^h b t t^h d c k k^h ʔ

Fricatives: s h

Nasals: m n ñ ŋ

Laterals: l

Vibrants: r

Glides: j w

Vowel system:

    i ɯ u
   e ɤ o
   ɛ ʌ ɔ
    a ɒ

Front Vowels: i e ɛ

Central Vowels: a

Back Vowels: u ɯ o ɤ ɔ ʌ ɒ

Long Vowels: v̄ all

Nasal Vowels:

ɛ̃ ã ɒ̃ ũ ɯ̃ ɔ
ı̃̄ ɛ̃̄ ɑ̃̄ ɒ̃̄ ũ̄ ɔ̃̄ ʌ̃̄

Modified Vowels:

v̤ (breathy) all
v̤̄ all but ʌ

Diphthongs:

ia ea ɯa oa oʌ ua
ie̤ ia̤ ɯo̤ oa̤ uo̤ ua̤
ũǝ ũa

Syllable: (C)CV(C) Nˈ

Stress: final

Demonstratives: 2

Pronouns:

1 4ie
2 5
3 6*
*6 has two forms: (1) definite, (2) indefinite.

Syntax: SVO NA NG ND NUM-N N-POSS Num+N+A+D

Prep/Post: PREP

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