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音系

辅音

缅甸语辅音系统[1][2]
双唇音齿音齿龈音齿龈后音/
硬腭音
软腭音声门音
鼻音mnɲŋ
ɲ̊ŋ̊
塞音/
塞擦音
bdɡ
清不送气ptkʔ
清送气tʃʰ
擦音ð ([d̪ð~])z
清不送气θ ([t̪θ~])sʃ
清送气h
近音ljw
ʍ

同时有学者认为,缅甸语字母所代表的辅音音位应为齿塞音/t̪, d̪/, 而非齿擦音/θ, ð/[3]

/ɹ/一般在一些借词中作为/j/的变体出现。

缅甸语另有一鼻辅音位/ɰ̃/。音节尾的မ် /m/န် /n/ဉ် /ɲ/င် /ŋ/, 及巴利语借词中使用的 /ɳ/

该鼻辅尾音通常实现为音节核元音的鼻化,但当在出现在塞音前时也有与该塞音同部位的变体,例如{IPA|/mòʊɰ̃dáɪɰ̃/}} “暴风雨”一词通常实现为[mõ̀ũndã́ĩ]


The final nasal /ɰ̃/ is the value of the four native final nasals: မ် /m/, န် /n/, ဉ် /ɲ/, င် /ŋ/, as well as the retroflex /ɳ/ (used in Pali loans) and nasalisation mark anusvara demonstrated here above ka (က → ကံ) which most often stands in for a homorganic nasal word medially as in တံခါး tankhá ('door', and တံတား tantá ('bridge') or else replaces final -m မ် in both Pali and native vocabulary, especially after the OB vowel *u e.g. ငံ ngam ('salty'), သုံး thóum ('three; use'), and ဆုံး sóum ('end'). It does not, however, apply to ည် which is never realised as a nasal, but rather as an open front vowel [iː] [eː] or [ɛː].The final nasal is usually realised as nasalisation of the vowel. It may also allophonically appear as a homorganic nasal before stops. For example, in /mòʊɰ̃dáɪɰ̃/ ('storm'), which is pronounced [mõ̀ũndã́ĩ].

元音

缅甸语元音系统
单元音双元音
Front offglideBack offglide
iu
半闭eəoeiou
半开ɛɔ
aaiau

The monophthongs /e/, /o/, /ə/ and /ɔ/ occur only in open syllables (those without a syllable coda); the diphthongs /ei/, /ou/, /ai/ and /au/ occur only in closed syllables (those with a syllable coda). /ə/ only occurs in a minor syllable, and is the only vowel that is permitted in a minor syllable (see below).

The close vowels /i/ and /u/ and the close portions of the diphthongs are somewhat mid-centralized ([ɪ, ʊ]) in closed syllables, i.e. before /ɰ̃/ and /ʔ/. Thus နှစ် /n̥iʔ/ ('two') is phonetically [n̥ɪʔ] and ကြောင် /tɕàũ/ ('cat') is phonetically [tɕàʊ̃].

声调

缅甸语有四个声调,声调之间的区别包括音高发声态,。

Burmese is a tonal language, which means phonemic contrasts can be made on the basis of the tone of a vowel. In Burmese, these contrasts involve not only pitch, but also phonation, intensity (loudness), duration, and vowel quality. However, some linguists consider Burmese a pitch-register language like Shanghainese.[4]

There are four contrastive tones in Burmese. In the following table, the tones are shown marked on the vowel /a/ as an example.

声调缅甸语名称IPA
(以a为例)
Symbol
(以a为例)
发声态时长响度音高
Lowနိမ့်သံ[aː˧˧˦]ànormalmediumlowlow, often slightly rising[5]
Highတက်သံ[aː˥˥˦]ásometimes slightly breathylonghighhigh, often with a fall before a pause[5]
Creakyသက်သံ[aˀ˥˧]tense or creaky, sometimes with lax glottal stopmediumhighhigh, often slightly falling[5]
Checkedတိုင်သံ[ăʔ˥˧]centralized vowel quality, final glottal stopshorthighhigh (in citation; can vary in context)[5]

For example, the following words are distinguished from each other only on the basis of tone:

  • Low ခါ /kʰà/ "shake"
  • High ခါး /kʰá/ "be bitter"
  • Creaky /kʰ/ "to wait upon; to attend on"
  • Checked ခတ် /kʰ/ "to beat; to strike"

In syllables ending with /ɰ̃/, the checked tone is excluded:

  • Low ခံ /kʰàɰ̃/ "undergo"
  • High ခန်း /kʰáɰ̃/ "dry up (usually a river)"
  • Creaky ခန့် /kʰɰ̃/ "appoint"

In spoken Burmese, some linguists classify two real tones (there are four nominal tones transcribed in written Burmese), "high" (applied to words that terminate with a stop or check, high-rising pitch) and "ordinary" (unchecked and non-glottal words, with falling or lower pitch), with those tones encompassing a variety of pitches.[6] The "ordinary" tone consists of a range of pitches. Linguist L. F. Taylor concluded that "conversational rhythm and euphonic intonation possess importance" not found in related tonal languages and that "its tonal system is now in an advanced state of decay."[7][8]

音节结构

缅甸语的音节遵循 C(G)V((V)C) 的结构,即音节首必许包括一个辅音并可以有一个半元音介音韵基可以包括一个单元音,一个单元音和音节尾辅音或者一个双元音和音节尾辅音。其中,可能的音节尾辅音有/ʔ//ɰ̃/ 。每种音节结构的例词见下:

  • CV မယ် /mɛ̀/ “密(对年轻女性的称呼)”
  • CVC မက် /mɛʔ/ “渴望”
  • CGV မြေ /mjè/ “土地”
  • CGVC မျက် /mjɛʔ/ “眼睛”
  • CVVC မောင် /màʊɰ̃/ “貌(对年轻男性的称呼)”
  • CGVVC မြောင်း /mjáʊɰ̃/ “深谷”

缅甸语同时还有 /Cə/ 形式的次要音节结构,其特征为音节首无复辅音,无介音,无声调,无韵尾,并且不能作为词尾音节。例子包括:

  • ခလုတ် /kʰə.loʊʔ/ “开关,按钮”
  • ပလွေ /pə.lwè/ “笛”
  • သရော် /θə.jɔ̀/ “嘲弄”
  • ကလက် /kə.lɛʔ/ “轻浮”
  • ထမင်းရည် /tʰə.mə.jè/ “米汤”

划分

传统上把南亚语系划分为孟高棉语族蒙达语族。Diffloth(1974)又把孟-高棉语族划分为东支、北支、南支。

Diffloth(2005)提出了一种新的划分方法,把北支(卡西—克木)单独划为一个语族。具体划分如下:

南亚语系 
 蒙達語族  

Remo英语Bonda language(bfw)

薩瓦拉語英语Sora language(srb)

卡里亞(khr)–朱昂語支英语Juang language(jun)

科尔库语(kfq)

Kherwarian

 卡西—克木语族英语Khasi–Khmuic languages 

克木语支

布赓语支

崩龙语支

卡西语支

 核心孟高棉语族 

越语支

卡都语支

巴拿语支英语Bahnaric languages

高棉语比尔语支

尼科巴语支

亚斯里语支

孟语

Sidwell(2009)对南亚语系36种语言进行了词汇统计,认为传统划分证据不足,因此把十几个语支都和蒙达语族并列起来。

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