ไทใต้คง

Thai

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Orthographic		ไทใต้คง ai d au t ˆ g ŋ
Phonemic		ไท-ต้าย-คง ai d – t ˆ ā y – g ŋ
Romanization	Paiboon	tai-dtâai-kong
	Royal Institute	thai-tai-khong
(standard) IPA^(key)		/tʰaj˧.taːj˥˩.kʰoŋ˧/^(R)

Proper noun

ไทใต้คง • (tai-dtâai-kong)

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

Synonyms

ไทเหนือ (tai-nʉ̌ʉa)

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