Tai

Also known as Tai languages, Zhuang–Tai, Zhuang–Thai, Taic

branch of the Kra–Dai language family

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Geographic distribution: Southern China (esp. Guangxi , Guizhou , Yunnan and Guangdong ), Southeast Asia , Northeast India
Linguistic classification: Kra–Dai Kam–Tai ? Be –Tai? Tai
Proto language: Proto-Tai
Subdivisions: Northern (NT) Central (CT) Southwestern (SWT) (see also Zhuang languages )
Iso 639 2 5: tai
Glottolog: daic1237

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The Tai languages (/ˈtaɪ/ TIE), also known as Zhuang–Tai and Daic languages (/ˈdaɪ.ɪk/ DYE-ik), are a branch of the Kra–Dai language family. The Tai languages include the most widely spoken of the Tai–Kadai languages, including Standard Thai, or Siamese, the national language of Thailand; Lao or Laotian, the national language of Laos; Myanmar's Shan language; and Zhuang, a major language in the Southwestern China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, spoken by the Zhuang people (壯), the largest minority ethnic group in China, with a population of 15.55 million, living mainly in Guangxi, the rest scattered across Yunnan, Guangdong, Guizhou, and Hunan provinces.

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