Khün language

Khun
Khun
Pronunciation	/tai kʰɯn/[missing tone]
Native to	Burma (Shan State), Thailand
Region	Kengtung
Native speakers	(100,000 cited 1990)
Language family	Kra–Dai Tai Southwestern (Thai) Northwestern Khun; ; ; ;
Writing system	Tai Tham script, Thai script
Language codes
ISO 639-3	kkh
Glottolog	khun1259

Khün, or Tai Khün (Tai Khün: Dai Kun, /tai kʰɯn/; Thai: ไทเขิน Thai pronunciation: [tʰaj kʰɤ̌ːn]), is the language of the Tai Khün people of Kengtung, Shan state, Myanmar.^[2] It is a Tai language, closely related to Thai and Lao.

Phonology

	Labial	Alveolar	Postalveolar / palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	[m]	[n]	[ɲ]	[ŋ]
Plosives and affricates	[pʰ]	[tʰ]	[tɕʰ]	[kʰ]
	[p]	[t]	[tɕ]	[k]	[ʔ]^*
	[b]
Fricative	[f]	[s]			[h]
Trill		[r]^**
Approximant		[l]	[j]	[w]

^* The glottal plosive is implied after a short vowel without final, or silent before a vowel.

^** The [r] is often used with Sankrit and Pali loanwords.

Owen, R. Wyn. 2012. "A tonal analysis of contemporary Tai Khuen varieties". Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society (JSEALS) 5:12-31.
Petsuk, Rasi (1978). General characteristics of the Khün language. Mahidol University MA thesis.

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