Somray language
Austroasiatic language of Cambodia
| Somray | |
|---|---|
| Northern Chong | |
| Native to | Cambodia |
| Region | Pursat Province |
Native speakers | 4,100 (2005)[1] |
Language family | Austroasiatic
|
Writing system | Khmer script |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | smu – inclusive codeIndividual code: sxm – Somre of Siem Reap |
| Glottolog | somr1240 |
| ELP | Somray |
Somray, or Northern Chong, is a Pearic language of Cambodia.
Geographical distribution
Somray is spoken in the following areas of Cambodia.
- Battambang province: Phumi Chhak Rokar area (Baradat ms.)
- Koh Kong province: far north
- Pursat province: 2 areas, north, east, and west of Phum Tasanh, and Tanyong river around Phum Pra Moi
The extinct Somre of Siem Reap (Moura 1883) was a dialect of the same language.
Phonology
Consonants
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | (ɲ) | ŋ | ||
| Stop | voiceless | p | t | c | k | ʔ |
| aspirated | pʰ | tʰ | cʰ | kʰ | ||
| voiced | b | d | ||||
| Fricative | v | s | h | |||
| Trill | r | |||||
| Approximant | l | j | ||||
- An initial [ɲ] mainly exists from Khmer word-borrowings.
- The voiced stops /b, d/ in word-initial position are heard as glottalized [ˀb, ˀd].
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ* | ŋ | |
| Stop | p | t | c | k | ʔ |
| Fricative | v | h | |||
| Trill | r | ||||
| Approximant | l | j |
*- only in a few cases in final position.
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i, iː | ɯ, ɯː | u, uː |
| Close-Mid | e, eː | ə, əː | o, oː |
| Open-mid | ɛ, ɛː | ɔ, ɔː | |
| Open | a, aː |
- 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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