TAI LANGUAGES

The 'Tai languages' are a subgroup of the Tai-Kadai language family. The Tai languages include the most widely spoken of the Tai-Kadai languages, including Thai, the national language of Thailand, Lao or Laotian, the national language of Laos, Myanmar's Shan language, and Zhuang, a major language of southern China.

★ Central Tai languages (6)

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★ Southern Zhuang (China)

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★ E (China)

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★ Man Cao Lan (Vietnam)

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★ Nung (Vietnam)

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★ Tày (Tho) (Vietnam)

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★ Ts'ün-Lao (Vietnam)

★ East Central Tai languages (1)

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★ Northwest Tai languages (1)

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★ Turung (India)

★ Northern Tai languages (4)

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★ Northern Zhuang (China)

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★ Nhang (Vietnam)

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★ Bouyei (Buyi) (China)

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★ Tai Mène (Laos)

★ Southwestern Tai languages (32)

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★ Tai Ya (China)

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★ East Central Tai languages (10)

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★ Chiang Saeng languages (8)

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★ Tai Dam (Vietnam)

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★ Northern Thai (Lanna, Thai Yuan) (Thailand, Laos)

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★ Phuan (Thailand)

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★ Thai Song (Thailand)

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★ Thai (Thailand)

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★ Tai Hang Tong (Vietnam)

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★ Tai Dón (Vietnam)

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★ Tai Daeng (Vietnam)

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★ Tay Tac (Vietnam)

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★ Thu Lao (Vietnam)

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★ Lao-Phutai languages (4)

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★ Lao (Laos)

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★ Nyaw (Thailand)

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★ Phu Thai (Thailand)

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★ Isan (Northeastern Thai) (Thailand, Laos)

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★ Northwestern Tai languages (9)

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★ Ahom (India - extinct. Modern Assamese is Indo-European.)

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★ Aiton (India)

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★ Lü (Lue, Tai Lue) (China, Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Myanmar)

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★ Khamti (India, Myanmar)

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★ Khün (Myanmar)

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★ Khamyang (India)

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★ Phake (India)

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★ Shan (Myanmar)

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★ Tai Nüa (China, Vietnam, Thailand, Laos)

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★ Pu Ko (Laos)

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★ Pa Di (China)

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★ Southern Tai languages (1)

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★ Southern Thai (Pak Thai) (Thailand)

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★ Tai Thanh (Vietnam)

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★ Tày Sa Pa (Vietnam)

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★ Tai Long (Laos)

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★ Tai Hongjin (China)

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★ Yong (Thailand)

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★ Unclassified Southwestern

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★ Tai Hongjin (China)

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★ Yong (Thailand)

★ Unclassified (1)

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★ Kuan (Laos)

★ Rien (Laos)

★ Tay Khang (Laos)

★ Tai Pao (Laos)

★ Tai Do (Vietnam)

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Further reading

Reference

Further reading

★ Gedney, W. J., & Hudak, T. J. (1995). ''William J. Gedney's central Tai dialects: glossaries, texts, and translations''. Michigan papers on South and Southeast Asia, no. 43. Ann Arbor, Mich: Center for South and Southeast Asian Studies, University of Michigan ISBN 0891480757

Reference

★ Ethnologue report Retrieved 3 August 2005.