Phake language

The Phake language or Tai Phake language is a Tai language spoken in the Buri Dihing Valley of Assam, India. It is closely related to the other Southwestern Tai languages in Assam: Aiton, Khamti, Khamyang, and Turung.

Distribution

Buragohain lists the following Tai Phake villages.

Tai name	Translation of Tai name	Assamese/English name	District
ma꞉n3 pha꞉4 ke꞉5 taü3	Lower Phake village	Namphakey	Dibrugarh
ma꞉n3 pha꞉k4 ta꞉5	Other side of the river village	Tipam Phake	Dibrugarh
ma꞉n3 pha꞉4 ke꞉5 nɔ6	Upper Phake village	Borphake	Tinsukia
niŋ1 kam4	Ning kam Nagas	Nigam Phake	Tinsukia
ma꞉n3 pha꞉4 naiŋ2	Red sky village	Faneng	Tinsukia
məŋ2 la꞉ŋ2	Country of the Lang Nagas	Mounglang	Tinsukia
məŋ2 mɔ1	Mine village	Man Mau	Tinsukia
ma꞉n3 loŋ6	Big village	Man Long	Tinsukia
nauŋ1 lai6	Nong Lai Nagas	Nonglai	-

The corresponds to the modern Thai ban and Shan wan, which mean 'village'.

Tai Phake has the following initial consonants

Tai Phake has the following final consonants:
- occurs after front vowels and -, - occurs after back vowels and -.

Tai Phake has the following vowel inventory:

The Tai Phake have their own writing system called 'Lik-Tai', which they share with the Khamti people and Tai Aiton people. It closely resembles the Northern Shan script of Myanmar, which is a variant of the Burmese script, with some of the letters taking divergent shapes.