New Tai Lue Script

Consonants High Low

ᦀ [ʔ]

ᦁ [ʔ]

ᦂ [k] ᦃ[x] ᦄ[ŋ] ᦅ[k] ᦆ[x] ᦇ[ŋ]

ᦈ[ts] ᦉ[s] ᦊ[y] ᦋ[ts] ᦌ[s] ᦍ[y]

ᦎ[t] ᦏ[th] ᦐ[n] ᦑ[t] ᦒ[th] ᦓ[n]

ᦔ[p] ᦕ[ph] ᦖ[m] ᦗ[p] ᦘ[ph] ᦙ[m]

ᦚ[f] ᦛ[v] ᦜ[l] ᦝ[f] ᦞ[v] ᦟ[l]

ᦠ[h] ᦡ[d] ᦢ[b] ᦣ[h] ᦤ[d] ᦥ[b]

ᦦ[kw] ᦧ[xw]

ᦨ[kw] ᦩ[xw]

Ending Consonants

­ᦼ[‐ŋ] ­ᦽ[‐n] ­ᦾ [‐m] ­ ᧁ [‐p] ­ ᧀ [‐t] ­ᦿ [-k]

Vowels Long Vowel Short Vowel

ᦪ[a:] ᦫ[a]

ᦪ[i:] [i]

[u:] [u]

‌-ᦪ [e:] ‌- [e]

ᦰ‌-ᦪ [ɛ:] ᦰ‌- [ɛ]

ᦱ‌‌-ᦪ [o:] ᦱ‌- [o]

ᦲᦪ[ɔ:] ᦲ[ɔ]

ᦳ[ɯ:] ᦳᦪ[ɯ]

‌‌‌ -ᦪ[ə:] ‌-‌ [ə]

*The hyphen between is space for the consonant.

Diphthongs

ᦴ‌ [a:i]

ᦵ [ai]

ᦶ

[ui]

ᦷ

[oi]

ᦸ [ɔi]

ᦹ‌ [ɯi]

‌-ᦺ [əi]

ᦻ [a:u]

ᦫᦻ [au]

ᦻ [iu]

‌-ᦻ

[eu]

ᦰ‌-ᦻ

[ɛu]

‌-ᦻ

[əu]

a: + Ending Consonant ᦼ [a:ŋ] ᦽ [a:n] ᦾ [a:m] ᧁ [a:p] ᧀ [a:t] ᦾ [a:k]

Except [a:], all the other long vowels can’t combine with ending consonants. For the other short

vowel + ending consonant combinations, just write the corresponding vowel and ending

consonant together. For example, [im] is ᦾ and [om] is ‌ᦱ‌-ᦾ.

Tones of Tai Lue Tone Name

dark level

dark rising

dark departing

light level

light rising

light departing

dark entering

dark entering

Light entering

Tone No.

1 5 3 2 6 4 7 9 8

Tone Value

55 35 13 51 33 11 55 35 33

Tone Mark

no tone mark

ᧂ ᧃ no tone mark

ᧂ ᧃ no tone mark

ᧂ no tone mark

Remark

Some Tai speakers propose abandoning new Tai Lue script and using Thai script instead. (建議統一使用

泰文, 2005)

Bibliography 建議統一使用泰文. (2005 年 9 月 29 日). 2010 年 8 月 21 日 擷取自 勐傣論壇:

http://www.mengdai.com/daibbs/viewthread.php?tid=181&fpage=1

俞翠容, 羅美珍. (2003). 傣仂漢字典. 北京: 民族出版社.