| Prai | |
|---|---|
| Phai | |
| Thin | |
| Native to | Thailand,Laos |
| Ethnicity | Phai people |
Native speakers | 40,000 (2001)[1] |
Austroasiatic
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | prt |
| Glottolog | phai1238 |
| ELP | Prai |
Prai (Phray) orPhai, also known asThin (Htin), is aMon–Khmer language of Thailand and Laos. There are several closely related, but not mutually intelligible dialects which go by the namesPrai andThin. They are also closely related toMal, together forming the Mal–Phrai group of languages, sometimes collectively called Lua' language (because they are spoken by theLua people).
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||
| Stop | plain | p | t | c | k | ʔ |
| implosive | ɓ | ɗ | ||||
| Fricative | ç | h | ||||
| Approximant | w | l | j | |||
| Trill | r | |||||
| Front | Central | Back | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unrounded | Rounded | |||
| Close | i | ɯ | u | |
| Mid | e | ə | o | |
| Open-mid | ɔ | |||
| Open | æ | a | ||
All vowels can be long or short.
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