Region Southeast Glottolog merg1238 | Native speakers 250,000 (1997) | |
Language family Sino-Tibetan(Tibeto-Burman)Lolo–BurmeseBurmishSouthernBurmeseMyeik | ||
The Myeik dialect, also known as Beik in Burmese, Mergui and Merguese in English, and Marit (มะริด) in Thai, is a divergent dialect of Burmese, spoken in Myeik, the second largest town in Tanintharyi Region, the southernmost region of Burma. Myeik shares many commonalities with the Tavoyan dialect, although there are substantial differences especially with regard to phonology.
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Consonants
Myeik possesses 27 consonant phonemes:
Unlike Standard Burmese, the Myeik dialect does not have any preaspirated consonants. Phonemes unique to the Myeik dialect include /ɦ/ and /t̪/.
Vowels
The Myeik dialect has three types of vowels: plain, nasalized and glottalized, with each type having seven vowels.
References
Myeik dialect Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA