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A Tai-Kadai language spoken in Thailand.

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Is Thai a stress- or syllable-timed language, and does it matter?

It mentions in passing that Thai, by contrast, has syllable-timed rhythm. Is this correct? The Wikipedia entry on ‘isochrony’ lists Thai with the stress-timed languages. … Consulting the bibliography of Thai linguistics in the Routledge Tai-Kadai volume doesn’t turn up anything that directly addresses the question of whether Thai is stress- or syllable-timed. …
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Do the Thai and Lao negative particles, "ไม่" (mai) and "ບໍ່" (bo) have reflexes in the othe...

Wouldn’t Thai เปล่า be the etymological equivalent of Lao ບໍ່ ? My impression is that เปล่า is mainly used as a question tag and response, as in เป็นหวัดหรือเปล่า? (Do you have a cold?) …
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