| Also Known As: Tai Nua language,Chinese Tai,Yunannese Shan,Tai Nuea,Tai Kong,Dehong,Tai Neua,Tai Dehong,Tai-kong,Yunnan Shant'ou,Dai Nuea,Tai Mao,Tai Man,Dai Kong,Dehong Dai,Tai-le,Dai Na,Chinese Shan,Tai Nue,Tai Le,Tai Nüa,Tai Nü
Description:
Tai Nüa (also called Dehong Dai or Chinese Shan; own name: [tai lə], which means "upper Tai" or "northern Tai", or ᥖᥭᥰᥖᥬᥳᥑᥨᥒᥰ [tai taɯ xoŋ]; Chinese: Dǎinǎyǔ 傣哪语 or Déhóng Dǎiyǔ 德宏傣语; Thai: ภาษาไทยเหนือ [pʰaːsaː tʰai nɯːa] or ภาษาไทใต้คง [pʰaːsaː tʰai taikʰoŋ]) is one of the languages spoken by the Dai people in China, especially in the Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture in the southwest of Yunnan province. It is closely related to the other Tai languages. Speakers of this language across the border in Myanmar are known as Shan. It should not be confused with Tai Lü (Xishuangbanna Dai). There are also Tai Nüa speakers in Thailand.
The ISO-639 Code tai covers all Tai languages that do not have their own code (Thai, Lao, Shan and Zhuang), including Ahom, Bouyei, Tai Dam, Tai Pong, and others.
Note: To view Tai Nüa letters, you will have to download a Unicode font that contains Tai Nüa glyphs.
Tai Nüa is a tonal language with a very limited inventory of syllables with no consonant clusters. 16 syllable-initial consonants can be combined with 84 syllable finals and six tones.
Tai Nüa has 17 consonants:
p, pʰ, f, m; t, tʰ, ts, s, n; k, x, ŋ; ʔ, h, l, j, w
All consonants except..... full article at Wikipedia |
