Phau language
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| Phau language | |
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| P̐a'u lus | |
 Phau ethnic flag | |
| Pronunciation | /pʰaʔu lus/ |
| Native to |
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| Region | Eastern areas of Prei Meas |
| Ethnicity | Phau |
Native speakers | L1: ? L2: ? FL: ? |
Prei-Phnom
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| Modified Latin alphabet Phau script | |
| Official status | |
Official language in |
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Recognised minority language in | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | PA |
| ISO 639-2 | PHA |
| ISO 639-3 | PHA |
| File:PhauLangMap.png Distribution of the language Absolute majority >30% of native speakers | |
Phau Province
Phau Khangkaet Province
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⟩