• Pankajyoti Borah

Tai Aiton is a unique language of North -East with unique characteristics in Phonetics, Morphology, Syntax etc. It is a tonal language. Phone or sound is a fundamental element of Language. It is an important area of linguistics. Two types of Segmental sounds are-Vowel and Consonant sounds. The sounds which are produced without any obstruction or stricture in the vocal tract, it is known as vowel. So, as a tonal language the vowels play a vital role in the Tai Aiton language. Aiton language is in endangered level; gradually the speakers of Aiton language have been decreased so an attempt has been chosen to highlight the Vowels of the Aiton language. In this paper the phonetic descriptions like: classification of vowel, vowel cluster, quality and use of vowel and vowel cluster have been chosen for study.

Phoneme, Vowel, Cluster, vowel quality, Tai Aiton.

"Vowels of the Tai Aiton Language", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.908-913, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906U22.pdf

"Vowels of the Tai Aiton Language", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp908-913, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906U22.pdf