Dialectologia!12,(2014),!1)22.!! ISSN:!2013)2247! Received!14!August!2012.! Accepted!30!November!2012.! ! ! ! ! VOWEL!LENGTH!IN!DA.ANG!DIALECT!OF!PALAUNG!! SPOKEN!IN!SHAN!STATE,!MYANMAR! Supakit"BUAKAW" Research"Institute"for"Languages"and"Cultures"of"Asia" Mahidol"University,"Thailand"
[email protected]" " " Abstract" DaIang" is" a" dialect" of" the" Palaung" language" which" belongs" to" Palaungic" branch" of" MonIKhmer" of" AustroIAsiatic"language"family."This"paper"aims"to"examine"central"vowel"length"contrast"in"DaIang"dialect" of"Palaung"from"acoustic"perspective."The"vowel"duration"measurement"shows"that"the"duration"of"long" vowels"were"twice"as"long"as"short"vowels."For"the"mid"central"vowels,"the"short"vowel"has"higher"F1"and" F2"values"than"the"long"counterpart."For"the"low"central"vowels,"on"the"other"hand,"the"first"two"formants" (F1,"F2)"are"lower"in"the"short"vowels."The"results"of"the"experiment"confirm"the"phonological"analysis"of" this" study." DaIang" vowel" length" is" contrastive" for" nonIhigh" central" vowels." Although" the" differing" in" duration"is"accompanied"by"vowel"quality"differences,"the"vowel"duration"is"the"main"cue"for"distinguishing" between"short"and"long"vowels"in"DaIang." " Keywords!!! MonIKhmer,"Palaung"dialect,"DaIang,"phonetics/phonology,"vowel"length" " " LONGITUD!DE!LAS!VOCALES!EN!EL!DIALECTO!DA.ANG!DEL!PALAUNG.WA!HABLADO!EN!EL!ESTADO!DE! SHAN,!MYANMAR! Resumen" El" DaIang" es" un" dialecto" de" la" lengua" palaungIwa" que" pertenece" a" la" rama" Paláunguica" de" MonI Khmer"de"la"familia"de"lenguas"austroIasiática."Este"trabajo"tiene"como"objetivo"examinar"el"contraste,"con"