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Khün language

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Pronunciation
  
/tai kʰɯn/

Native speakers
  
(100,000 cited 1990)

Region
  
Kengtung

Native to
  
Burma (Shan State), Thailand

Language family
  
Tai–Kadai Tai Southwestern (Thai) Northwestern Khun

Writing system
  
Tai Tham script, Thai script

Khün, or Tai Khün (Tai Khün: ᨴᩱᨡᩧ᩠ᨶ, /tai kʰɯn/; Thai: ไทเขิน  [tʰaj kʰɤ̌ːn]), is the language of the Tai Khün people of Kengtung, Shan state, Myanmar. It is a Tai language, closely related to Thai and Lao. It is also spoken in Chiang Rai Province, Thailand, and Yunnan Province, China.

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Geographical distribution

In China, there are about 10,000 Tai Khuen (Chinese: 傣艮) people in the following areas of Yunnan province (Gao 1999).

  • Menglian County 孟连县: in Mengma Town 勐马镇, and in Meng'aba 勐阿坝 (12 villages total)
  • Ximeng County 西盟县: in Mengsuo 勐梭
  • Lincang Prefecture (small, scattered population)

    • Phonology

    * The glottal plosive is implied after a short vowel without final, or silent before a vowel. ** The [r] is often used with Sankrit and Pali loanwords.

    References

    Khün language Wikipedia
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