PYU Working Papers in Linguistics; Focus on Phonology

3 Pages·1996·0.06 MB·English

by  Paulsen, Debbie

Appendix
The following is a Plang text transcribed and translated into English. The romanized
ortho-graphy used is a simplified phonemic. The following chart shows the correspondence
between the phonemic characters used in this paper and the simplified orthography used in the
text, wheredifferent
anemic
" " " "
PhonologyofPlang Paulsen
VisitingRelativesin China
iq muk nanghwej nam khun teqx.
we(3+) live at creek water muddy here
"WelivehereatHuayNamKhun.
jiuqx nang eng cuiq maqx cuiq kaji ne,
if futurecome/return visit mothervisit father refl
"When wego tovisitmotherandfather,
eng cuiq jk cuiq ong ne,
come/return visit old.brothervisit ygrsibling refl
"go tovisitsihiings,"
eng cuiq taq cuiq jaq re.
come/return visit grandfather visit grandmotherrefl
"go tovisitgrandparents,
phokx kaqx nang hwej nam khun eng rotx nang mesaj.
ride car at creek water muddycome arriveai mesay
Ve catcha vehiclefromHuayNamKhuntoMae Saay."
luc ceng kaqx haq wat rok wat.
pay price car five baht six baht
"Wepay5or6bahtforthe car."
to phokx kaqx mesaj tohx rotx nang chiangtung.
then ride car mesay goup/north arriveat chiangtung
"Then we catchacarfromMaeSaaytoKengtung.
uic song sam rojx.
pay two threehundred
'Wepay2-300."
PYU Working Papers
in Linguistics
Focus on Phonology
Volume
1
1996
editedby
Debbie Paulsen
Payap University Graduate Linguistics Department
Chiang Mai, Thailand