Somray languageGeographical distribution
Somray is spoken in the following areas of Cambodia.
The extinct Somre of Siem Reap (Moura 1883) was a dialect of the same language.
Phonology
Consonants
- An initial [ɲ] mainly exists from Khmer word-borrowings.
- The voiced stops /b, d/ in word-initial position are heard as glottalized [ˀb, ˀd].
*- only in a few cases in final position.
Vowels
- Vowels may also occur as glottalized [Vˀ].
- Vowels /ɯ, ɯː/ can be heard as either back [ɯ, ɯː] or central [ɨ, ɨː].
- /a/ can also be heard as [ɤ, ə] when preceding /n, t/.[2]
References
- ↑ Somray at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Somre of Siem Reap at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ↑ Martin, Marie Alexandrine (1974). Esquisse phonologique du Somree. Asie du sud-est et monde insulindien 5. pp. 97–106.
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