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Use base consonants only
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Plosive
 p pʰ b         *t *tʰ *d         c cʰ   k kʰ      
 
 
 
 
 ʔ
 
Nasal
 m̥ m         *n̊ *n           ɲ   ŋ    
 
 
 
 
 
 
Trill
                            
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
Tap, Flap
                                                
Lateral flap
 
 
 
 
                    
 
 
    
 
 
 
 
 
 
R-sounds
             *R̥ *R                    
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fricative
                         ç                   h  
Lateral fricative
 
 
 
 
                            
 
 
 
 
 
 
Approximant
                           j ʍ w                
Lateral approximant
 
 
 
 
     *l̥ *l                    
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Selected languages: Nyah kur
UPSID number: 2315
Alternate name(s): N/A
Classification: Austro-Asiatic, Mon
The languages has 50 segments
Frequency index: N/A
Sounds: [pʰ] [p] [b] [*tʰ] [*t] [*d] [cʰ] [c] [kʰ] [k] [ʔ] [ç] [*R̥] [*R] [*l̥] [*l] [ʍ] [w] [j] [m̥] [m] [*n̊] [*n] [ɲ] [ŋ] [i̤] [i] [ṳ] [u] [ɯ̤] [ɯ] [e̤] [e] [o̤] [o] [ɤ̤] [ɤ] [ɛ̤] [ɛ] [ɔ̤] [ɔ] [ä̤] [ä] [i̤ə̤] [iə] [ṳə̤] [uə] [ɯ̤ə̤] [ɯə] [h]
Comments: Nyah Kur is spoken in Thailand in some communities along the eastern margin of the Central Plain (Chao Praya basin). It has a "register" system involving primarily phonation contrasts, represented here as a plain/breathy distinction in vowels. All vowels may appear long and short. A final consonant described by Diffloth (1984) as "an s-like sound" and transcribed as a voiceless palatal approximant has been interpreted as a palatal fricative. Thongkum (1984) transcribes it as a devoiced palatal stop, but it contrasts with /-c/.
Sources: Diffloth, G. 1984. The Dvaravati Old Mon Language and Nyah Kur. Chulalongkorn University Printing House, Bangkok. Thongkum, T. 1984. Nyah Kur (Chao Bon)-Thai-English Dictionary. Chulalongkorn University Printing House, Bangkok.