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

Beik possesses 27 consonant phonemes:

Unlike Standard Burmese, the Myeik dialect does not have any preaspirated consonants. Phonemes unique to the Myeik dialect include /ɦ/ and /t̪/.

Mergui Archipelago

The Myeik dialect has three types of vowels: plain, nasalized and glottalized, with each type having seven vowels.