Sirenguarded Thai
Sirenguarded Thai is a dialect of Standard Thai spoken in Sirenguard Autonomous District.
Phonology & Orthography
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal |
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||
| Plosive | p pʰ <f> b | t tʰ <þ> d | k <g> | |||
| Affricates | t͡ɕ <z> t͡ɕʰ <c> | |||||
| Fricative | f <v> | s | x~ɣ <k> | h | ||
| Approximant | w | j | (w) | |||
| Lateral | l |
Sirenguarded Thai's consonants inventory is very similar to Thai. With differences being Sirenguarded Thai merging <l> and <r>.
| Sirenguarded Thai | Standard Thai | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| lâk /lák̚/ | รัก /rák̚/ | to love |
| ลัก /lák̚/ | to steal | |
| lòhk /lôːk̚/ | โรค /rôːk̚/ | earth |
| โลก /lôːk̚/ | disease |
Sirenguarded Thai also disallows -l and -r consonant clusters, the only allowd consonant cluster being Cw.
| Sirenguarded Thai | Standard Thai | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| gāhŋ /kāːŋ/ | กาง /kāːŋ/ | to unfold |
| กลาง /klāːŋ/ | middle | |
| กราง /krāːŋ/ | to rasp | |
| gwāhŋ /kwāːŋ/ | กวาง /kwāːŋ/ | deer |