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1 Dialects  





2 Phonology  



2.1  Consonants  





2.2  Vowels  







3 Grammar  





4 Examples  





5 References  














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Daai
RegionMyanmar
EthnicityDaai Chin

Native speakers

37,000 (2010)[1]

Language family

Sino-Tibetan

Language codes
ISO 639-3dao
Glottologdaai1236

Dai (also known as Daia Chin), which borders the Mün and Ütbü language groups, is a Kuki-ChinofMyanmar. It is spoken in 142 villages in Kanpetlet, Matupi, Mindat, and Paletwa townships in Chin State, Burma (Ethnologue).

Mutual intelligibility among Nghngilo (Yang), Daa Yindu, and Mkui groups is high, but is lower among other groups.[2] Dai has greater than 90% lexical similarity with Daa Yindu, Yang, Mkui, Duk, and Msang, 81%–88% with Ngxang (Paletwa township) and Kheng, 80% with Shiip (Matupi township), 91%–94% with Gah/Ng-Gha (part of Mün), and 81%–87% with Mün.[2]

Dialects

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Ethnologue lists the following dialects of Daai Chin.

Phonology

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Consonants

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Daai has twenty-four consonant phonemes.

Bilabial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasals m n ŋ̊ ŋ
Plosives p b t d k ʔ
Fricatives s x ɣ h
Lateral Fricatives ɬ
Approximants w l j

Vowels

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Daai has seven vowel phonemes, each with a phonemic length contrast.

  Front Central Back
Unrounded Rounded
High i ɯ ɯː u
Mid ɛ ɛː ə əː ɔ ɔː
Low a

Grammar

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Daai is an isolating or analytic language. There is no inflectional morphology at the word level; case, number, and tense are marked by clitics.

Examples

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Dai English
mthan night
mpyong mouth
kpyak to destroy
pha to arrive
Nghngaai-ktheih hmin lokti. The mango fruits became ripe.
Mat jah mata i:ma am ngleh-ei ni. They did not visit each other's houses.

References

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  1. ^ DaaiatEthnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  • ^ a b "Myanmar". Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-10-10.

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