Tai Phake language
Tai Phake is a language spoken in the Buri Dihing Valley of Assam, India.Distribution
The corresponds to the modern Thai บ้าน, ban, and Shan ဝၢၼ်ႈ wan which corresponds to 'village'.
Buragohain lists the following Tai Phake villages.
- Man Phake Tau
- Man Tipam
- Man Phake Neu
- Man Mo
- Man Phaneng
- Man Long
- Man Nonglai
- Man Monglang
- Man Nigam
- Man Wagun
- Man Lung Kung
Phonology
Tai Phake has the following initial consonants:Final consonants
Tai Phake has the following final consonants:
- occurs after front vowels and -, - occurs after back vowels and -.Vowels
Tai Phake has the following vowel inventory:Writing system
The Tai Phake have their own writing system called 'Lik-Tai', which they share with the Khamti people and Tai Aiton people. It closely resembles the Northern Shan alphabet of Myanmar, which is a variant of the Burmese script, with some of the letters taking divergent shapes.
