ລະບົບສຽງພາສາລາວ

ຄືກັນກັບພາສາອື່ນໆ ພາສາລາວມີການອອກສຽງຫຼາກຫຼາຍ ແຕ່ໃນອະດີດຮອດປັດຈຸບັນ ໂດຍຂຶ້ນຢູ່ກັບສຳນຽງທ້ອງຖິ້ນທີ່ແຕກຕ່າງກັນ

ປະຫວັດສາດຂອງການອອກສຽງພາສາລາວ
ລະບົບສຽງພາສາລາວ ເຊິ່ງໃນອະດີດເຄີຍເປັນພາສາໄຕບູຮານ ຫຼື ລາວບູຮານ (Proto-Tai) ໄດ້ມີການວິວັດທະນາການຫຼາຍນຳການເວລາ ໂດຍບາງສຳນຽງຍັງຄົງອະນຸຮັກບາງສ່ວນຂອງພາສາໄຕບູຮານໄວ້ບາງ. ບາງສິ່ງທີ່ໄດ້ປ່ຽນໄປໄດ້ແກ່:
ການລວມ ໄ [aj] ກັບ ໃ [aɯ] ເປັນສຽງດຽວກັນ. ພາສາລາວຫຼວງພະບາງຍັງມີທັງສອງສຽງນີ້ຢູ່ ເຊັ່ນ: ໄຄ່ [kʰaj] ກັບ ໃຄ່ [kʰaɯ].
ການລວມ [kʰ] ກັບ [x] ເປັນສຽງ [kʰ] ຂ. ພາສາໄທຂາວ ຍັງມີສອງສຽງນີ້ຢູ່.
ການສູນເສຍພະຍັນຊະນະຄວບເຊັ່ນ ປລາ ເປັນ ປາ (*pla > [paa]). ພາສາໄທມາຕະຖານຍັງມີຢູ່
ການປ່ຽນຈາກ ຣ ເປັນ ຮ (*r > [h]). ພາສາໄທມາຕະຖານຍັງມີຢູ່
ການປ່ຽນຈາກ [ʔb] ບ, [ʔd] ດ, [ʔj] ຢ (implosive sounds) ເປັນ [b], [d], [j].
ການສູນເສຍສຽງກ້ອງຂອງພະຍັນຊະນະສຽງກັກ (voiced plosive consonants) ເຊັ່ນ [d] > [tʰ]. ພາສາໄຕເກືອບທຸກພາສາໄດ້ມີການສຸນເສຍນີ້ ອັນເປັນເອກະລັກຂອງພາສາໄຕທັງຫຼາຍ.

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ພາສາລາວມີວັນນະຍຸດ 6 ສຽງ ສະແດງໃນຕາລາງດັ່ງຕໍ່ໄປນີ້. ໃນຄໍລັມເສັ້ນສະແດງຮູບຮ່າງສຽງວັນນະຍຸດ 1 ໝາຍເຖິງລະດັບສຽງຕ່ຳ, 3 ໝາຍເຖິງລະດັບສຽງກາງ, ແລະ 5 ໝາຍເຖິງລະດັບສຽลาว-ไทย

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