Laotian, Cambodian are isolating languages. They do not have affixes, that is they
are characterized by the absence of inflection.
it is isolated from other words in the sentence. For instant, in Mandarin Chinese
The main role in this case belongs to intonation and word order. Isolating
languages frequently have a complex tonal system. For example, Chinese have 4
main tones (1.high tone, 2.rising tone, 3.falling then rising tone, 4.falling tone)
whereas in Thai there are 5
(1.high tone, 2.mid tone, 3.low tone, 4.rising tone,
5.falling tone). For instance, in Chinese to change the meaning of a word different
intonation tones are used:
Dostları ilə paylaş: