Data was collected from Mrs. Viengthong Thammavong (b. 1945) at the Na Pho refugee camp in Nakhon Phanom Province, Thailand in March 1990. Mrs. Viengthong's family had migrated from Nghệ An province, Vietnam, in 1935 or 1936 to Ban Sop Vieng, Laos, a Tai Moey village where they were the only Tai Mene family.

• ï = ɯ in Chamberlain (1991).

Tones:

• 1 = /213/ low rising, usually with an audible creakiness at the lowest point of the tone
• 2 = /21/ mid-low falling, with whisper on the end tone
• 3 = /545/ mid-high with slight fall of fall-rise
• 4 = /55/ high level
• 5 = /53/ high falling
• 6 = /45/ mid-high rising checked
• 7 = /32/ mid-low falling checked

Andrew Hsiu