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Kra–Dai language spoken in Assam, India From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Phake language or Tai Phake language (တႝၸႃကေ, tai phākae) is a Tai language spoken in the Buri Dihing Valley of Assam, India. It is closely related to the other Southwestern Tai languages in Assam: Aiton, Khamti, Khamyang, and Turung.
Phake | |
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(တႝ)ၸႃကေ | |
Native to | India |
Region | Assam |
Ethnicity | Tai Phake people |
Native speakers | 2,000 (2007)[1] |
Kra–Dai
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Burmese script (Phake variation, called Lik-Tai)[2] | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | phk |
Glottolog | phak1238 |
ELP | Phake |
Buragohain (1998) lists the following Tai Phake villages.
Tai name | Translation of Tai name | Assamese/English name | District |
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ma꞉n3 pha꞉4 ke꞉5 taü3 | Lower Phake village | Namphakey | Dibrugarh |
ma꞉n3 pha꞉k4 ta꞉5 | Other side of the river village | Tipam Phake | Dibrugarh |
ma꞉n3 pha꞉4 ke꞉5 nɔ6 | Upper Phake village | Borphake | Tinsukia |
niŋ1 kam4 | Ning kam Nagas | Nigam Phake | Tinsukia |
ma꞉n3 pha꞉4 naiŋ2 | Red sky village | Faneng | Tinsukia |
məŋ2 la꞉ŋ2 | Country of the Lang Nagas | Mounglang | Tinsukia |
məŋ2 mɔ1 | Mine village | Man Mau | Tinsukia |
ma꞉n3 loŋ6 | Big village | Man Long | Tinsukia |
nauŋ1 lai6 | Nong Lai Nagas | Nonglai | - |
The [maːn˧] corresponds to the modern Thai ban (บ้าน) and Shan wan (ဝၢၼ်ႈ), which mean 'village'. (Note: For an explanation of the notation system for Tai tones, see Proto-Tai language#Tones.)
Tai Phake has the following initial consonants[2]
Tai Phake has the following final consonants:
-[w] occurs after front vowels and [a]-, -[j] occurs after back vowels and [a]-.[2]
Tai Phake has the following vowel inventory:[3]
The Tai Phake have their own writing system called 'Lik-Tai', which they share with the Khamti people and Tai Aiton people.[2] It closely resembles the Northern Shan script of Myanmar, which is a variant of the Burmese script, with some of the letters taking divergent shapes.[4]
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