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The Tai languages ( transliteration
ISO 11940

ISO 11940 is an International Organization for Standardization standard for the romanization of the Thai alphabet, published in 1998 and updated in September 2003....
: ) are a subgroup of the Kradai language family
Language family

A language family is a group of languages related Genetic from a common ancestor, called the proto-language of that family.As with Alpha taxonomy, the evidence of relationship is observable shared characteristics....
. The Tai languages include the most widely spoken of the Tai-Kadai languages, including standard Thai
Thai language

Thai , is the national language and official language language of Thailand and the mother tongue of the Thai people, Thailand's dominant ethnic group....
, the national language of Thailand
Thailand

The Kingdom of Thailand is an independent country that lies in the heart of Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Laos and Myanmar, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and Myanmar....
, Lao
Lao language

Lao or Laotian is a tonal language of the Kradai language family. It is the official language of Laos, and also spoken in the northeast of Thailand, where it is usually referred to as the Isan language....
 or Laotian, the national language of Laos
Laos

Laos , officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic, is a landlocked country in southeast Asia, bordered by Burma and People's Republic of China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the south, and Thailand to the west....
, Myanmar
Myanmar

Burma, officially the Union of Myanmar, is the largest country by geographical area in mainland Southeast Asia, or Indochina. The country is bordered by the People's Republic of China on the northeast, Laos on the east, Thailand on the southeast, Bangladesh on the west, India on the northwest, and the Bay of Bengal to the southwest with...
's Shan language
Shan language

Shan is related to the Thai language and is called Tai-Yai, or Tai Long in the Tai languages. It is spoken in Northeast Burma, that is to say, in the Shan States of Burma, and in pockets in Northern Thailand....
, and Zhuang
Zhuang language

The Zhuang language is used by the Zhuang people in the People's Republic of China. Most speakers live in the Guangxi. Zhuang, which belongs to the Tai language, is an official language in that region....
, a major language in southern Chinese province of Guangxi
Guangxi

This article is about a region of China. For the sociological concept, see Guanxi.Guangxi is a Zhuang people autonomous region of China of the People's Republic of China....
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The Tai languages ( transliteration
ISO 11940

ISO 11940 is an International Organization for Standardization standard for the romanization of the Thai alphabet, published in 1998 and updated in September 2003....
: ) are a subgroup of the Kradai language family
Language family

A language family is a group of languages related Genetic from a common ancestor, called the proto-language of that family.As with Alpha taxonomy, the evidence of relationship is observable shared characteristics....
. The Tai languages include the most widely spoken of the Tai-Kadai languages, including standard Thai
Thai language

Thai , is the national language and official language language of Thailand and the mother tongue of the Thai people, Thailand's dominant ethnic group....
, the national language of Thailand
Thailand

The Kingdom of Thailand is an independent country that lies in the heart of Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Laos and Myanmar, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and Myanmar....
, Lao
Lao language

Lao or Laotian is a tonal language of the Kradai language family. It is the official language of Laos, and also spoken in the northeast of Thailand, where it is usually referred to as the Isan language....
 or Laotian, the national language of Laos
Laos

Laos , officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic, is a landlocked country in southeast Asia, bordered by Burma and People's Republic of China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the south, and Thailand to the west....
, Myanmar
Myanmar

Burma, officially the Union of Myanmar, is the largest country by geographical area in mainland Southeast Asia, or Indochina. The country is bordered by the People's Republic of China on the northeast, Laos on the east, Thailand on the southeast, Bangladesh on the west, India on the northwest, and the Bay of Bengal to the southwest with...
's Shan language
Shan language

Shan is related to the Thai language and is called Tai-Yai, or Tai Long in the Tai languages. It is spoken in Northeast Burma, that is to say, in the Shan States of Burma, and in pockets in Northern Thailand....
, and Zhuang
Zhuang language

The Zhuang language is used by the Zhuang people in the People's Republic of China. Most speakers live in the Guangxi. Zhuang, which belongs to the Tai language, is an official language in that region....
, a major language in southern Chinese province of Guangxi
Guangxi

This article is about a region of China. For the sociological concept, see Guanxi.Guangxi is a Zhuang people autonomous region of China of the People's Republic of China....
.

  • Northen Tai languages
    • Saek
      Saek language

      Saek is a Tai languages spoken in several villages in Laos, and in at least three villages in Nakhon Phanom Province in northeast Thailand, just across the Mekong river....
       (Laos)
    • Yay (Thailand)
  • Central Tai languages
    • Southern Zhuang (China)
    • E
      E language

      E is a language of China. It belongs to the Kradai languages....
       (China)
    • Man Cao Lan (Vietnam)
    • Nung (Vietnam)
    • Tày (Tho) (Vietnam)
    • Ts'ün-Lao
      Ts'ün-Lao language

      Ts'?n-Lao is a language spoken in the Lai Chau Province of Tay Bac Vietnam.External links...
       (Vietnam)
    • Turung
      Turung language

      The Turung language was a former language spoken in Assam. The Tai Turung people who used to speak this language now speak the Singpho language....
       (India)
    • Northern Zhuang (China)
    • Nhang (Vietnam)
    • Bouyei (Buyi) (China)
    • Tai Mène (Laos)
  • Southwestern Tai languages (32)
    • Tai Ya (China)
    • Pu Ko (Laos)
    • Pa Di (China)
    • Tai Thanh (Vietnam)
    • Tày Sa Pa (Vietnam)
    • Tai Long (Laos)
    • Tai Hongjin (China)
    • Yong (Thailand)
    • Southern Thai
      Southern Thai language

      Southern Thai or Dambro is a Tai language spoken in the 14 changwat of Southern Thailand as well as by small communities in the northernmost Malaysian states....
       (Pak Thai) (Thailand)
    • East Central Tai languages (10)
      • Chiang Saen languages (10)
        • Tai Dam
          Tai Dam language

          Tai Dam is a Tai languages spoken in Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, and China . It is called pa?sa? tai dam ???????? in Thai and Daidanyu ??? in Chinese....
           (Vietnam)
        • Northern Thai
          Northern Thai language

          The Northern Thai language or Kham Mueang or Lanna is the language of the Thai Yuan people of Lannathai, Thailand. It is a Tai languages, closely related to Thai language and Lao language....
           (Lanna, Thai Yuan) (Thailand, Laos)
        • Phuan (Thailand)
        • Thai Song (Thailand)
        • Thai
          Thai language

          Thai , is the national language and official language language of Thailand and the mother tongue of the Thai people, Thailand's dominant ethnic group....
           (Thailand)
        • Tai Hang Tong (Vietnam)
        • Tai Dón (Vietnam)
        • Tai Daeng (Vietnam)
        • Tay Tac (Vietnam)
        • Thu Lao (Vietnam)
      • Lao-Phutai languages (4)
        • Lao
          Lao language

          Lao or Laotian is a tonal language of the Kradai language family. It is the official language of Laos, and also spoken in the northeast of Thailand, where it is usually referred to as the Isan language....
           (Laos)
        • Nyaw
          Nyaw language

          The Nyaw or Tai Nyaw are an ethnic group of Thailand and Laos, scattered throughout the provinces of Isan such as Nong Khai, Sakon Nakhon, Nakhon Phanom, and parts of areas of Bolikhamxai and Khammouan provinces of Laos....
           (Thailand)
        • Phu Thai
          Phu Thai language

          Phu Thai is a dialect of the Isan or Lao language with a few Isan vocabulary, tonal and pronunciation differences. Speakers of the Phu Thai language can be found mostly in the northeast portion of Thailand, and Laos....
           (Thailand)
        • Isan
          Isan language

          Isan is the principal language of the Isan region of Thailand. A tonal language of the Tai languages, it is the main language of trade and communication in the Isan region, except for in cities and in media where it gives way to Thai language....
           (Northeastern Thai) (Thailand, Laos)
      • Northwestern Tai languages (9)
        • Ahom
          Ahom language

          The Ahom language, also called Tai-Ahom, was spoken by the Ahom people who ruled most of Assam from 1228 to 1826. The language today is used chiefly for liturgical purposes, and is no longer used in daily life....
           (India - extinct. Modern Assamese
          Assamese language

          Assamese is the easternmost Indo-Aryan language that is spoken mainly in the States and territories of India of Assam in North-East India. It is also the official language of Assam....
           is Indo-European.)
        • Aiton (India)
        • Lü (Lue, Tai Lue) (China, Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Myanmar)
        • Khamti (India, Myanmar)
        • Khün (Myanmar)
        • Khamyang (India)
        • Phake (India)
        • Shan
          Shan language

          Shan is related to the Thai language and is called Tai-Yai, or Tai Long in the Tai languages. It is spoken in Northeast Burma, that is to say, in the Shan States of Burma, and in pockets in Northern Thailand....
           (Myanmar)
        • Tai Nüa
          Tai Nüa language

          Tai N?a is one of the languages spoken by the Dai people in China, especially in the Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture in the southwest of Yunnan province....
           (China, Vietnam, Thailand, Laos)


Comparison table

English
English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
Thai
Thai language

Thai , is the national language and official language language of Thailand and the mother tongue of the Thai people, Thailand's dominant ethnic group....
Lao
Lao language

Lao or Laotian is a tonal language of the Kradai language family. It is the official language of Laos, and also spoken in the northeast of Thailand, where it is usually referred to as the Isan language....
LannaIsan
Isan language

Isan is the principal language of the Isan region of Thailand. A tonal language of the Tai languages, it is the main language of trade and communication in the Isan region, except for in cities and in media where it gives way to Thai language....
Shan
Shan language

Shan is related to the Thai language and is called Tai-Yai, or Tai Long in the Tai languages. It is spoken in Northeast Burma, that is to say, in the Shan States of Burma, and in pockets in Northern Thailand....
Tai Lü
Tai Lü language

Tai L? is a language spoken by about 670,000 people in South East Asia. This includes 250,000 people in China, 200,000 in Burma, 134,000 in Thailand, and 5,000 in Vietnam....
air/lom//lóm//lom//lom//lom4//lom/
city/m?a?//m?a?//m?a?//m?a?//m??4//mœ?/
earth/din//din//din//din//lin1//din/
fire/fai//fái//fai//fai//p?aj4/ or /fai4//fai/
heart/hua t?ai//hua cài//hua t?ai//hua t?ai//ho1 tsa?1//hua t?ai/
love/rág//hak//hag//hag//hak5//hag/
water/ná?m//n?m//nam//nam//nam5//nam/
English
English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
Thai
Thai language

Thai , is the national language and official language language of Thailand and the mother tongue of the Thai people, Thailand's dominant ethnic group....
Lao
Lao language

Lao or Laotian is a tonal language of the Kradai language family. It is the official language of Laos, and also spoken in the northeast of Thailand, where it is usually referred to as the Isan language....
LannaIsan
Isan language

Isan is the principal language of the Isan region of Thailand. A tonal language of the Tai languages, it is the main language of trade and communication in the Isan region, except for in cities and in media where it gives way to Thai language....
Shan
Shan language

Shan is related to the Thai language and is called Tai-Yai, or Tai Long in the Tai languages. It is spoken in Northeast Burma, that is to say, in the Shan States of Burma, and in pockets in Northern Thailand....
Tai Lü
Tai Lü language

Tai L? is a language spoken by about 670,000 people in South East Asia. This includes 250,000 people in China, 200,000 in Burma, 134,000 in Thailand, and 5,000 in Vietnam....


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