Thai Song language

"Thai Song" redirects here. For Thai language songs, see Music of Thailand.

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 to	Thailand
Ethnicity	Lao Song
Native speakers	45,000 (2001)[1]
Language family	Kra–Dai Tai Southwestern (Thai) Chiang Saen Tai Dam Thai Song
Writing system	Thai script, Tai Viet
Language codes
ISO 639-3	soa
Glottolog	thai1259
ELP	Thai Song
Map of Tai dam language, showing Thai song as a dialect of Tai dam

Phonology

Consonants^[3]

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

Further reading

• Miyake, Marc. 2014. Averaging Thai Song tones.