Language name: |
KHMU? |
UPSID number: |
2312 |
Alternate name(s): |
KAMMU |
Classification: |
Austro-Asiatic, Palaungic |
This language has |
41 segments |
Its Frequency index is |
0.294305338 (average percentage of segments; 0.1: many very rare segments; 0.39: average; 0.7: many common segments) |
The language has these sounds: |
p
"t
c
k
?
ph
"th
ch
kh
b<
"d<
h
"s
m
"n
nj
N
"r
"l
j
w
j*
w*
i
e
a
o
u
i:
e:
E:
a:
O:
o:
u:
i_:
@:
3:
ia
i_a
ua
|
Comment: |
Khmu? is spoken in Burma, Laos, Thailand, Vietman and China. (Northern) Khmu? has a two-level tone system. Aspirated plosives might be interpreted as Ch clusters (Svantesson's 'deep phonology' does so) but only a few words provide clear motivation for such an interpretation. |
Source(s): |
Svantesson, J. 1983. Kammu phonology and morphology. Travaux de l'Institut de Linguistique de Lund, XVIII. CWK Gleerup. |