Myeik dialect

The Myeik dialect, also known as Beik in Burmese, Mergui and Merguiese in English, and Marit (มะริด) in Thai, is a divergent dialect of Burmese, spoken in Myeik, the second largest town in Tanintharyi Region, the southernmost region of Myanmar.

[2] Beik shares many commonalities with the Tavoyan dialect, although there are substantial differences especially with regard to phonology.

[2] Beik possesses 27 consonant phonemes:[3] Unlike Standard Burmese, the Myeik dialect does not have any preaspirated consonants.

[4] Phonemes unique to the Myeik dialect include /ɦ/ and /t̪/.

[4] Mergui Archipelago[5] The Myeik dialect has three types of vowels: plain, nasalized and glottalized, with each type having seven vowels.