ไทใต้คง

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Thai

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Etymology

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ไท (tai, Tai (ethnic)) +‎ ใต้ (dtâai, south) +‎ คง (kong, the Hong river, AKA Salween). Phono-semantic matching of Tai Nüa ᥖᥭᥰᥖᥬᥲᥑᥨᥒᥰ (täytàuexöng).

Pronunciation

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Orthographicไทใต้คง
ai d au t ˆ g ŋ
Phonemic
ไท-ต้าย-คง
ai d – t ˆ ā y – g ŋ
RomanizationPaiboontai-dtâai-kong
Royal Institutethai-tai-khong
(standard) IPA(key)/tʰaj˧.taːj˥˩.kʰoŋ˧/(R)

Proper noun

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ไทใต้คง (tai-dtâai-kong)

  1. (ชาว~) Dai people, Dehong Dai, or Northern Tai, an ethnic group of Burma and surrounding areas.
  2. (ภาษา~) a language spoken by Dehong Dai people.
  3. (อักษร~) a script used to write the language.

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