Language name and locationː Muak Sa-aak, Myanmar, China [Refer to Ethnologue]
语言名称和分布地区: 穆阿克-萨阿克语, 缅甸联邦与中国云南省接壤的掸邦及中国云南

 

1. nɯŋ¹ < Tai / ʔak

21.  saːw³ ʔɛt²

2. sɔːŋ³ < Tai / kəʔɑʔ

22.  saːw³ suaŋ²

3. saːm³ < Tai / kəʔoi

23.  saːw³ saːm³

4. siː¹  < Tai

24.  saːw³ siː¹

5. haː² < Tai

25.  saːw³ haː²

6. rɔk² < Tai

26.  saːw³ rɔk²

7. cɛt²  < Tai

27.  saːw³ cɛt²

8. piat¹ < Tai

28.  saːw³ piat¹

9. kaw² < Tai

29.  saːw³ kaw²

10. sip² < Tai

30.  saːm³ sip²

11. sip² ʔɛt²

40.  siː¹ sip²

12. sip² suaŋ²

50.  haː² sip²

13. sip² saːm³

60.  rɔk² sip²

14. sip² siː¹

70.  cɛt² sip²

15. sip² haː²

80.  piat¹ sip²

16. sip² rɔk²

90.  kaw² sip²

17. sip² cɛt²

100. ruaj² nɯŋ¹

18. sip² piat¹

200. sɔːŋ³  ruaj², 500. haː²  ruaj²

19. sip² kaw²

1000. pan³ nɯŋ¹

20. saːw³ < Tai

2000. sɔːŋ³ pan³

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Ms. Ellie Hall, Payap University / SIL International, Thailand, March 29, 2013.
提供资的语言学家: Ms. Ellie Hall, 2013 年 3 月 29 日.

 

Other comments: Muak Sa-aak or Tai Loi is spoken by approximately 4,500 speakers in

Mong Yawng township, Shan state, Myanmar. Muak Sa-aak only retained three Mon-Khmer numerals 1 to 3. Tai Loi does seem to be used of various languages that are not mutually comprehensible, and I don't believe they are all Angkuic. The people I work with do speak an Angkuic language, and the old name for them is Muak Sa-aak.  They have essentially adopted the Tai numbers, but the speakers I work with (Wan Fai village) have adopted them for all numbers:
The number one I do have the word [
ʔak²] as well as the Tai number; they will say, for example, [ʔic² ʔak²] for "one person" (or other nouns), but if it is more than one, it would be [ʔic² sɔːŋ³ kun³] "two people.  This construction is the only place I see [ʔak²].
Regarding tones, this is phonemicized data; 1=low tone, stiff voice.  2=constricted/glottalized tone. If the vowel is short, it is high, if long, it is falling.  3=falling tone, modal voice.
For some villages, the diphthongs ia, ua are probably
ɛ, ɔ; they do not all appear to have developed the diphthongs.


 

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