Phai_language References

Prai
Prai
Phai
Thin
Native to	Thailand, Laos
Ethnicity	Phai people
Native speakers	40,000 (2001)
Language family	Austroasiatic Khmuic Mal–Phrai Prai; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	prt
Glottolog	phai1238
ELP	Prai

Prai (Phray) or Phai, also known as Thin (Htin), is a Mon–Khmer language of Thailand and Laos. There are several closely related, but not mutually intelligible dialects which go by the names Prai and Thin. They are also closely related to Mal, together forming the Mal–Phrai group of languages, sometimes collectively called Lua' language (because they are spoken by the Lua people).

Phonology

Prai Consonants^[2]
		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		m	n	ɲ	ŋ
Stop	plain	p	t	c	k	ʔ
Stop	implosive	ɓ	ɗ
Fricative				ç		h
Approximant		w	l	j
Trill			r

Prai Vowels^[2]
	Front	Central	Back
	Front	Central	Unrounded	Rounded
Close	i		ɯ	u
Mid	e	ə		o
Open-mid				ɔ
Open	æ	a

All vowels can be long or short.

References

^ Prai at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ ^a ^b Steven Moran and Daniel McCloy and Richard Wright. 2019. Prai sound inventory (PH). In: Moran, Steven & McCloy, Daniel (eds.)

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[e18-1] Prai at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[:0-2] Steven Moran and Daniel McCloy and Richard Wright. 2019. Prai sound inventory (PH). In: Moran, Steven & McCloy, Daniel (eds.)

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