Phau language

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Phau language
P̐a'u lus
PhauCulturalFlag.png
Phau ethnic flag
Pronunciation/pʰaʔu lus/
Native to
RegionEastern areas of Prei Meas
EthnicityPhau
Native speakers
L1: ?
L2: ?
FL: ?
Prei-Phnom
Modified Latin alphabet
Phau script
Official status
Official language in
  •  Prei Meas
    • PhauCulturalFlag.png Phau Province
    • PhauKhangkaetFlag.png Phau Khangkaet Province
Recognised minority
language in
Language codes
ISO 639-1PA
ISO 639-2PHA
ISO 639-3PHA
File:PhauLangMap.png
Distribution of the language
  Absolute majority
  >30% of native speakers
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The Phau Language is the largest language of the Phauic group, it is a majority language in the Khaet of Phau, and a minority language in Prei Meas

Writing Systems

Up until very recently in linguistic timescales the Phauic languages had no real written language. However, since 1954 a Phau started using a Latin based alphabet developed by Linguistics professor Han Žengžɨ which is still the the most widely used writing system for Phau while many other less widely used writing systems are also used.

Consonant Letter: IPA: Letter: IPA: Letter: IPA: m̑ /m̥/ t̉̐ /ʈʰ/ nq̐ /ᶰqʰ/ m̩̑ /m̥ˡ/ c̐ /cʰ/ ṫ /ts/ n̑ /n̥/ k̐ /kʰ/ tš /tʂ/ ɲ̑ /ɲ̥/ q̐ /qʰ/ ts̐ /tsʰ/ m /m/ d /d/ tš̐ /tʂʰ/ m̩ /mˡ/ d̐ /dʱ/ ndz /ⁿdz/ n /n/ mb /ᵐb/ ndž /ᶯdʐ/ ɲ /ɲ/ mb̩ /ᵐbˡ/ nṫ̌ /ⁿtsʰ/ p /p/ nd /ⁿd/ ntš̐ /ᶯtʂʰ/ p̩ /pˡ/ nd̩ /ⁿdˡ/ f /f/ t /t/ nḓ /ᶯɖ/ s /s/ t̩ /tˡ/ nɟ /ᶮɟ/ l̑ /l̥/ t̉ /ʈ/ ng /ᵑɡ/ š /ʂ/ c /c/ ng̋ /ᶰɢ/ č /ç/ k /k/ mp̐ /ᵐpʰ/ h /h/ q /q/ mp̩̐ /ᵐpˡʰ/ v /v/ ' /ʔ/ nt̐ /ⁿtʰ/ l /l/ p̐ /pʰ/ nt̩̐ /ⁿtˡʰ/ ž /ʐ/ p̩̐ /pˡʰ/ nt̉̐ /ᶯʈʰ/ j /ʝ/ t̐ "/tʰ/ " nc̐ /ᶮcʰ/ g /g/ ̐̐t̩̐ /tˡʰ/ nk̐ /ᵑkʰ/ Vowels: Letter: IPA: i /i/ ɨ /ɨ/ u /u/ e /e/ ẽ /ẽ/ å /ɔ/ ả /ɔ̃/ a /a/ ã /ã/

Phonology

Front Central Back oral nasal oral nasal oral nasal Close i ɨ u Mid e ẽ ɔ ɔ̃ Open a ã


Bilabial Labio- Dental Retroflex Palatal Velar Uvular Glottal plain lateral dental plain lateral Nasal voiceless m̥ ⟨hm⟩ (m̥ˡ) ⟨hml⟩ n̥ ⟨hn⟩ ɲ̥ ⟨hny⟩ voiced m ⟨m⟩ (mˡ) ⟨ml⟩ n ⟨n⟩ ɲ ⟨ny⟩ Plosive tenuis p ⟨p⟩ (pˡ) ⟨pl⟩ t ⟨t⟩ (tˡ) ⟨dl⟩ ʈ ⟨r⟩ c ⟨c⟩ k ⟨k⟩ q ⟨q⟩ ʔ ⟨au⟩ aspirated pʰ ⟨ph⟩ (pˡʰ) ⟨plh⟩ tʰ ⟨th⟩ (tˡʰ) ⟨dlh⟩ ʈʰ ⟨rh⟩ cʰ ⟨ch⟩ kʰ ⟨kh⟩ qʰ ⟨qh⟩ voiced d ⟨d⟩ dʱ ⟨dh⟩ prenasalized ᵐb ⟨np⟩ (ᵐbˡ) ⟨npl⟩ ⁿd ⟨nt⟩ (ⁿdˡ) ⟨ndl⟩ ᶯɖ ⟨nr⟩ ᶮɟ ⟨nc⟩ ᵑɡ ⟨ng⟩ ᶰɢ ⟨nq⟩ ᵐpʰ ⟨nph⟩ (ᵐpˡʰ) ⟨nplh⟩ ⁿtʰ ⟨nth⟩ (ⁿtˡʰ) ⟨ndlh⟩ ᶯʈʰ ⟨nrh⟩ ᶮcʰ ⟨nch⟩ ᵑkʰ ⟨nkh⟩ ᶰqʰ ⟨nqh⟩ Affricate tenuis ts ⟨tx⟩ tʂ ⟨ts⟩ aspirated tsʰ ⟨txh⟩ tʂʰ ⟨tsh⟩ prenasalized ⁿdz ⟨ntx⟩ ᶯdʐ ⟨nts⟩ ⁿtsʰ ⟨ntxh⟩ ᶯtʂʰ ⟨ntsh⟩ Continuant voiceless f ⟨f⟩ s ⟨x⟩ l̥ ⟨hl⟩ ʂ ⟨s⟩ ç ⟨xy⟩ h ⟨h⟩ voiced v ⟨v⟩ l ⟨l⟩ ʐ ⟨z⟩ ʝ ⟨y⟩