West-Central Thailand Pwo Karen Phonology

West-Central Thailand Pwo Karen consonant, vowel, and tone recordings, along with examples of complex monosyllables, sesquisyllables, and disyllables. All of these words can be found in the word lists in the appendix of Phillips (1996).

In the file names, consonant sounds are symbolized as follows. Note that glottal is represented by q and the voiced velar approximant is represented by g.

p, t, c, k, q

ph, th, ch, kh

b, d

m, n, ng

s, sh, x, h

w, r, j, g

l

Vowel sounds are symbolized as follows:

Oral vowels:

i, ue, u

e, oe, o

a

ai, aue

Nasalized vowels:

ing, ueng, ung

eng, oeng, ong

oang

aing

Tones are symbolized as follows:

H - high rise

M - mid rise

L - Low falling

HF - High falling

HQ - High glottalized

LQ - Low glottalized