王敬骝的《傣语声调考》原来刊出于一个内部刊物,见到的人不多,我们把它重新刊出,是由于此文是继奥德里古尔以后,探讨东亚语言声调起源的最重要的论文。傣文是属于印度字母系统的拼音文字,经与同属印度字母系统的缅文、孟高棉文以及与越南语比较,可知傣语(以及侗台语)的语音结构与这些语言非常相似。其标(?)的调子,即比较调类的去声,是由韵尾的-h及其等价音跟音首的h-及其等价音演变来的;其标(?)的调子,即比较调类的上声,是由韵尾的-?及其等价音跟音首的?-及其等价音演变来的。再后来,由于声母的清、浊不同(促声调还有元音长、短的不同)之影响,使调值产生分化,出现了六个声调。 Wang Jingtao’s Dai language tone test was originally published in an internal publication. There were not many people who saw it. We re-published it because this article is the most important one after the discussion with Audrigal to explore the origin of the tone of East Asian languages Thesis. Dai language is a phonetic script belonging to the Indian alphabet system. Compared with the Burmeses, Bangladeshi and Mongolian texts belonging to the Indian alphabet system, the phonetic structure of Dai language (and Kam Tai language) is very similar to these languages. Its standard (?) Tone, that is, the tone of the tone than the tone, is composed of the end of the-h and its equivalent sound and tone of the first h- and its equivalent sound evolved; its standard (?) Tone, That is to say, the sound of the more harmonic tone is derived from the - and its equivalent of the end of the vowel - and its equivalent sound evolution. Later, due to the initial consonants clear and turbid (voiced and unvoiced vowel length, short different) the impact of differentiation to produce differentiation, there have been six tones.