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Also known as Tai languages, Zhuang–Tai, Zhuang–Thai, Taic
branch of the Kra–Dai language family
Key facts
- 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
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
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- Taikadai-en.png
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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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