Thai Song, or Lao Song, is a Tai language of Thailand. The Tai Song originally settled in Phetchaburi Province, and from there went to settle in various provinces such as Kanchanaburi, Ratchaburi, Suphanburi, Nakhon Pathom, Samut Sakhon, Samut Songkhram, Nakhon Sawan, and Phitsanulok.[2]

Thai Song
Lao Song
Native toThailand
EthnicityLao Song
Native speakers
45,000 (2001)[1]
Kra–Dai
Thai script, Tai Viet
Language codes
ISO 639-3soa
Glottologthai1259
ELPThai Song

Phonology edit

Consonants[3] edit

Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Plosive tenuis p t k ʔ
aspirated ph th kh
voiced b
Fricative f s h
Nasal m n ɲ ŋ
Approximant w l j

Further reading edit

References edit

  1. ^ Thai Song at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)  
  2. ^ Somsonge, Burusphat (1 Jul 2012). "TONES OF THAI SONG VARIETIES" (PDF). Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society. 5: 32–48.
  3. ^ Somsonge, Burusphat (Feb 2013). "THE LANGUAGE SHIFT IN PROGRESS OF THAI SONG" (PDF). Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society. 6: 18–34.