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A transition zone between the Northern and Southern groups occurs among the Tai languages (including Tai Mau) around the Burma-China border region of Mangshi, Namhkam, and Mu-se near Ruili. This bipartite division of Southwestern Tai is argued for by Edward Robinson in his paper "Features of Proto-Nüa-Khamti" (1994).
The Kra–Dai languages (/ ˈ k r ɑː. d aɪ / KRAH-dy, also known as Tai–Kadai / ˈ t aɪ. k ə ˌ d aɪ / TIE-kə-DYE and Daic / ˈ d aɪ. ɪ k / DYE-ik), are a language family in mainland Southeast Asia, southern China, and northeastern India. All languages in the family are tonal, including Thai and Lao, the national languages of ...
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The Tai languages are divided into three linguistic groups—the Southwestern, the Central, and the Northern. Thai and Lao, the official languages of Thailand and Laos, respectively, are the best known of the languages. The number of Tai speakers is estimated at 80 million. Of these, about 55 million are in Thailand, some 18 million in China ...
Tai languages, Family of closely related languages spoken in Southeast Asia and southern China by more than 80 million people. According to a widely used classification, Tai comprises three branches. The Southwestern group includes Thai, the national language of Thailand; northeastern Thai and Lao, spoken in eastern Thailand and Laos; Pak Tay ...
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 ...
Southwestern Tai. 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 ...
Tai Ya ( Chinese: 傣雅语 ), also known as Tai Cung, Tai Chung and Dai Ya, [2] is a Southwestern Tai language of southern China. It has one dialect, Tai Hongjin ( Chinese: 红金傣语 ); Red Tai. Speakers of Tai Hongjin live in the Red River (红河 or 元江) and Jinsha River (金沙江) watershed regions of south-central Yunnan.
