Decay of Breathy Phonation in Austroasiatic Languages of Northeastern Thailand
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Social Background Language Background Hypotheses Methodology Preliminary Results References Decay of Breathy Phonation in Austroasiatic Languages of Northeastern Thailand Raksit T. Lau University of California, Berkeley [email protected] 29th Meeting of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (Tokyo, Japan) May 28, 2019 . 1 Raksit T. Lau Decay of Breathy Phonation in Austroasiatic Languages of Northeastern Thailand Social Background Language Background Hypotheses Methodology Preliminary Results References Acknowledgements I would like to respectfully acknowledge that I study on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded lands of the Chochenyo Ohlone people . 2 Raksit T. Lau Decay of Breathy Phonation in Austroasiatic Languages of Northeastern Thailand Social Background Language Background Hypotheses Methodology Preliminary Results References Acknowledgements Sidawun Thongwilai Kraisorn Sompong Chaiyapha Intanai Hardkadee Tonprathum (Kuy) (Kuy) (Thro) (So Thavung) . 3 Raksit T. Lau Decay of Breathy Phonation in Austroasiatic Languages of Northeastern Thailand Kuy (Katuic), Thro (Katuic), So Thavung (Vietic) • Isan (Northeastern Thailand) is a region well defined geographically and politically • On the Khorat Plateau, a drier and less arable region of Thailand • In close contact culturally and linguistically with Laos; southern part with Cambodia • We will be looking at 3 Austroasiatic languages spoken here: Social Background Language Background Hypotheses Methodology Preliminary Results References . 4 Raksit T. Lau Decay of Breathy Phonation in Austroasiatic Languages of Northeastern Thailand Kuy (Katuic), Thro (Katuic), So Thavung (Vietic) • On the Khorat Plateau, a drier and less arable region of Thailand • In close contact culturally and linguistically with Laos; southern part with Cambodia • We will be looking at 3 Austroasiatic languages spoken here: Social Background Language Background Hypotheses Methodology Preliminary Results References • Isan (Northeastern Thailand) is a region well defined geographically and politically . 4 Raksit T. Lau Decay of Breathy Phonation in Austroasiatic Languages of Northeastern Thailand Kuy (Katuic), Thro (Katuic), So Thavung (Vietic) • In close contact culturally and linguistically with Laos; southern part with Cambodia • We will be looking at 3 Austroasiatic languages spoken here: Social Background Language Background Hypotheses Methodology Preliminary Results References • Isan (Northeastern Thailand) is a region well defined geographically and politically • On the Khorat Plateau, a drier and less arable region of Thailand . 4 Raksit T. Lau Decay of Breathy Phonation in Austroasiatic Languages of Northeastern Thailand Kuy (Katuic), Thro (Katuic), So Thavung (Vietic) • We will be looking at 3 Austroasiatic languages spoken here: Social Background Language Background Hypotheses Methodology Preliminary Results References • Isan (Northeastern Thailand) is a region well defined geographically and politically • On the Khorat Plateau, a drier and less arable region of Thailand • In close contact culturally and linguistically with Laos; southern part with Cambodia . 4 Raksit T. Lau Decay of Breathy Phonation in Austroasiatic Languages of Northeastern Thailand Kuy (Katuic), Thro (Katuic), So Thavung (Vietic) Social Background Language Background Hypotheses Methodology Preliminary Results References • Isan (Northeastern Thailand) is a region well defined geographically and politically • On the Khorat Plateau, a drier and less arable region of Thailand • In close contact culturally and linguistically with Laos; southern part with Cambodia • We will be looking at 3 Austroasiatic languages spoken here: . 4 Raksit T. Lau Decay of Breathy Phonation in Austroasiatic Languages of Northeastern Thailand , Thro (Katuic), So Thavung (Vietic) Social Background Language Background Hypotheses Methodology Preliminary Results References • Isan (Northeastern Thailand) is a region well defined geographically and politically • On the Khorat Plateau, a drier and Kuy less arable region of Thailand • In close contact culturally and linguistically with Laos; southern part with Cambodia • We will be looking at 3 Austroasiatic languages spoken here: Kuy (Katuic) . 4 Raksit T. Lau Decay of Breathy Phonation in Austroasiatic Languages of Northeastern Thailand , So Thavung (Vietic) Social Background Language Background Hypotheses Methodology Preliminary Results References • Isan (Northeastern Thailand) is a Thro region well defined geographically and politically • On the Khorat Plateau, a drier and Kuy less arable region of Thailand • In close contact culturally and linguistically with Laos; southern part with Cambodia • We will be looking at 3 Austroasiatic languages spoken here: Kuy (Katuic), Thro (Katuic) . 4 Raksit T. Lau Decay of Breathy Phonation in Austroasiatic Languages of Northeastern Thailand Social Background Language Background Hypotheses Methodology Preliminary Results References • Isan (Northeastern Thailand) is a Thro region well defined geographically So Thavung and politically • On the Khorat Plateau, a drier and Kuy less arable region of Thailand • In close contact culturally and linguistically with Laos; southern part with Cambodia • We will be looking at 3 Austroasiatic languages spoken here: Kuy (Katuic), Thro (Katuic), So Thavung (Vietic) . 4 Raksit T. Lau Decay of Breathy Phonation in Austroasiatic Languages of Northeastern Thailand • Most people above 20 have some command • Children primarily use Thai in the home; many in the older generation self-report using Thai with their grandchildren Social Background Language Background Hypotheses Methodology Preliminary Results References Kuy (Katuic) • Many speakers multilingual (some older speakers can speak Kuy, Lao, Thai, and Northern Khmer) Tambon Tum, Sisaket . 5 Raksit T. Lau Decay of Breathy Phonation in Austroasiatic Languages of Northeastern Thailand • Children primarily use Thai in the home; many in the older generation self-report using Thai with their grandchildren Social Background Language Background Hypotheses Methodology Preliminary Results References Kuy (Katuic) • Many speakers multilingual (some older speakers can speak Kuy, Lao, Thai, and Northern Khmer) • Most people above 20 have some command Tambon Tum, Sisaket . 5 Raksit T. Lau Decay of Breathy Phonation in Austroasiatic Languages of Northeastern Thailand Social Background Language Background Hypotheses Methodology Preliminary Results References Kuy (Katuic) • Many speakers multilingual (some older speakers can speak Kuy, Lao, Thai, and Northern Khmer) • Most people above 20 have some command • Children primarily use Thai in the Tambon Tum, home; many in the older generation Sisaket self-report using Thai with their grandchildren . 5 Raksit T. Lau Decay of Breathy Phonation in Austroasiatic Languages of Northeastern Thailand • Many young people leave the village for college or work • Few young speakers report knowing Khmer, some even report not being able to speak Lao; Kuy still regularly heard Social Background Language Background Hypotheses Methodology Preliminary Results References Kuy Language Vitality and Attrition • Parents say teachers would say their children were โง่เหมือนควาย [ŋô: mɨə̌n kʰwa:j] ‘dumb as a water buffalo’ if they responded to teachers in Kuy . 6 Raksit T. Lau Decay of Breathy Phonation in Austroasiatic Languages of Northeastern Thailand • Few young speakers report knowing Khmer, some even report not being able to speak Lao; Kuy still regularly heard Social Background Language Background Hypotheses Methodology Preliminary Results References Kuy Language Vitality and Attrition • Parents say teachers would say their children were โง่เหมือนควาย [ŋô: mɨə̌n kʰwa:j] ‘dumb as a water buffalo’ if they responded to teachers in Kuy • Many young people leave the village for college or work . 6 Raksit T. Lau Decay of Breathy Phonation in Austroasiatic Languages of Northeastern Thailand Social Background Language Background Hypotheses Methodology Preliminary Results References Kuy Language Vitality and Attrition • Parents say teachers would say their children were โง่เหมือนควาย [ŋô: mɨə̌n kʰwa:j] ‘dumb as a water buffalo’ if they responded to teachers in Kuy • Many young people leave the village for college or work • Few young speakers report knowing Khmer, some even report not being able to speak Lao; Kuy still regularly heard . 6 Raksit T. Lau Decay of Breathy Phonation in Austroasiatic Languages of Northeastern Thailand • Live alongside various Tai languages (Lao, Phuthai, Nyo) • Spoken in city of Kusumal and surrounding villages Social Background Language Background Hypotheses Methodology Preliminary Results References Thro (Katuic) Kusumal District, Sakon Nakhon . 7 Raksit T. Lau Decay of Breathy Phonation in Austroasiatic Languages of Northeastern Thailand • Spoken in city of Kusumal and surrounding villages Social Background Language Background Hypotheses Methodology Preliminary Results References Thro (Katuic) • Live alongside various Tai languages (Lao, Phuthai, Nyo) Kusumal District, Sakon Nakhon . 7 Raksit T. Lau Decay of Breathy Phonation in Austroasiatic Languages of Northeastern Thailand Social Background Language Background Hypotheses Methodology Preliminary Results References Thro (Katuic) • Live alongside various Tai languages (Lao, Phuthai, Nyo) • Spoken in city of Kusumal and surrounding villages Kusumal District, Sakon Nakhon . 7 Raksit T. Lau Decay of Breathy Phonation in Austroasiatic Languages of Northeastern