A Phonological Study of Rakhine Language Used in Manaung City in Rakhine State of Myanmar: A Case Study of Consonants and Vowel Sonds

Name: Dha Ma Thi Ha

keyword: Phonological

; Phonological Study

; Rakhine Language

Abstract: This thesis was entitled “A Phonological Study of Rakhine Language Spoken in Manaung City in Rakhine State of Myanmar”. The objectives of this study were 1) to examine the word sound system of Rakhine language spoken in Rakhine State of Myanmar, and 2) to analyze the word sound system based on the phonology of Rakhine language spoken in Rakhine State of Myanmar. This research study employed a qualitative method. The population and sample of the study were 5 villagers from Kyetyoe, Zaratkonekhin, Natepyin and Thitpone villages of Manaung township in Rakhine state of Myanmar and the researcher selected 5 villagers among them for this research. The research tools were used books, informants, journals, and theses. The data used in this study were collected at the above-mentioned villages, Manaung township, Rakhine state of Myanmar from the speeches of Rakhine native speakers and the data analyses were Phonological words, syllables, phonemes, and assimilation. The result of this research was found that: The result of the study shows that the tones of the final syllable of the statement seem caused to be falling or rising. There are four types of phonological words: monosyllabic words, disyllabic words, tri-syllabic words and tetra-syllabic words. There are three types of syllables: pre-syllable, minor-syllable and major-syllable. The structure of the syllable is C1 (C3) (C4) V1 (C2). The phonological system is composed of 34 consonant phonemes: /b, p, ph, d, t, th, g, k, kh, ʔ, dʑ, tɕ, tɕh, θ, z, s, sh, ɕ, h, m, m̥, n, n̥, ɲ, ɲ̥, ŋ, ŋ̥, l, l̥, r, r̥, w, w̥, j/. There are 21 vowel phonemes which are divided into 3 sets: 1) six plain vowels: /i, e, a, u, o, ɔ/. 2) Eight glottal vowels: /iˀ, ɛˀ, aˀ, ɔˀ, eiˀ, ouˀ, aiˀ, auˀ/. And 3) seven nasal vowels: /ɛ̃, ã, ɔ̃, eĩ, oũ, aĩ, aũ/. There are 4 tones: (1) high-rising-falling, (2) high-falling and (3) high-rising ending with a glottal constriction of the breath (slow glottal closure).

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Name: Veerakarn Kanokkamalade

Role: อาจารย์ที่ปรึกษา

Name: Naronchai Pintrymool

Role: อาจารย์ที่ปรึกษา

Created: 2022

Modified: 2025-08-20

Issued: 2025-08-20

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DegreeName: Master of Arts Degrees

Level: Master's Degree

Descipline: Linguistics

Grantor: Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University

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