Tày language

Varieties

• Tày Bảo Lạc is spoken in Bảo Lạc District, western Cao Bang province.
• Tày Trùng Khánh is spoken in Trùng Khánh District, northeastern Cao Bang province.

Phonology

Consonants

• The Cao Bẳng Tay dialect is the only variety to have the sounds.

  Vowels

• There are also three semivowels that mainly occur in syllable-coda position in combination with other vowel sounds. are typically realized as consonant sounds. follows front vowels and central vowels. follows back vowels as well as central vowels. However, only follows.

  Tones