Length contrast of high vowels in the Thai language of the Sukhothai period

Q2 Arts and Humanities

Cahiers de Linguistique Asie Orientale Pub Date : 2019-06-14 DOI:10.1163/19606028-04801001

S. Maspong, Pittayawat Pittayaporn

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Abstract

In an attempt to study the length distinction of high vowels in Sukhothai Thai, this research compares an analysis of the graphemic system and spelling variations found in the Sukhothai inscriptions with the phonemes in Proto-Southwestern Tai (PSWT) and donor languages of the loanwords. The result indicates that short and long high vowels in PSWT behave differently in phonemic-graphemic mapping. Short vowels are mapped with ⟨i⟩ and ⟨u⟩ whereas long vowels with ⟨ī⟩, ⟨ï̄⟩, and ⟨ū⟩. In addition, the existing spelling variations are limited to specific kinds of words, namely: open-syllable words, loanwords, and function words, all of which are susceptible to variation in spelling. These findings attest to the existence of length contrast in Sukhothai Thai.

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素可泰时期泰语高元音的长度对比

为了研究素可泰语高元音的长度差异，本研究将素可泰铭文中的字形系统和拼写变化与原始西南泰语（PSWT）和外来词的供体语言中的音位进行了比较。结果表明，PSWT中的短元音和长元音在音位-字形映射中表现不同。短元音用⟨i⟩和\10216_ \10217映射，而长元音用\102.16;ī\10217\10216ï̄和。此外，现有的拼写变化仅限于特定类型的单词，即：开音节单词、外来词和虚词，所有这些单词都容易受到拼写变化的影响。这些发现证明了素可泰语中存在长度对比。

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Cahiers de Linguistique Asie Orientale Arts and Humanities-Language and Linguistics

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期刊介绍： The Cahiers is an international linguistics journal whose mission is to publish new and original research on the analysis of languages of the Asian region, be they descriptive or theoretical. This clearly reflects the broad research domain of our laboratory : the Centre for Linguistic Research on East Asian Languages (CRLAO). The journal was created in 1977 by Viviane Alleton and Alain Peyraube and has been directed by three successive teams of editors, all professors based at the CRLAO in Paris. An Editorial Board, composed of scholars from around the world, assists in the reviewing process and in a consultative role.