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Distribution of the Southwestern Tai languages. The Southwestern Tai or Thai languages are a branch of the Tai languages of Southeast Asia. Its languages include Central Thai (Siamese), Northern Thai (Lanna), Lao (including Isan ), Shan and others.
According to these features the Tai languages are divided into the three groups mentioned above (see map). Languages of the Southwestern group are spoken in Thailand, Laos, northern Vietnam, Myanmar, and Yunnan, China; they include Thai, Lao, Shan, Khün, Lü, White Tai, Black Tai, and others.
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The Southwestern group includes Thai, the national language of Thailand; northeastern Thai and Lao, spoken in eastern Thailand and Laos; Pak Tay (South Thai), spoken in southern Thailand; Shan, spoken in eastern and northern Myanmar; and Tai Dam (Black Tai) and Tai Don (Tai Khaw, or White Tai), spoken mainly in North Vietnam.
Tai Lue is a Southwestern Tai language spoken in China, Laos, Thailand and Myanmar by about 555,760 people. There are about 280,000 speakers of Tai Lue in Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture and Jiangcheng Hani and Yi Autonomous County in Yunnan Province in southwestern China. There are about 126,000 Tai Lue speakers in Bokeo, Luang Prabang ...
The Kra–Dai languages (also known as Tai–Kadai, Daic and Kadai) are a language family of tonal languages found in southern China, Northeast India and Southeast Asia. They include Thai and Lao, the national languages of Thailand and Laos respectively. [2] . Around 93 million people speak Kra–Dai languages, 60% of whom speak Thai. [3] .
Southwestern Tai languages. Ahom language. Aiton language. Kaloeng language. Khamti language. Khamyang language. Khün language. Kuan language (Laos) Lao Nyo language. Pa Di language. Phake language. Phu Thai language. Phuan language. Sapa language. Shan language. Southern Thai language. Tai Daeng language. Tai Dam language. Tai Dón language.
