Tai Lü
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Tai Lü is a Southwestern Tai language spoken primarily by the Tai Lü people in parts of China, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, and Myanmar.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Southwestern Tai language
ⓘ
Tai language ⓘ tonal language ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Lao language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Northern Thai language NERFINISHED ⓘ Shan language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryStatus | recognized minority language in China ⓘ |
| family | Tai–Kadai language family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| glottologCode | tail1248 ⓘ |
| glottologName | Tai Lue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Dai Lue
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tai Lue NERFINISHED ⓘ Xishuangbanna Dai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNativeAutonym | ᦅᧄᦺᦑᦟᦹᧉ (in New Tai Lue script) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem |
Lao script
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
New Tai Lue script NERFINISHED ⓘ Old Tai Lue script NERFINISHED ⓘ Thai script NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| iso639-3Code | khb ⓘ |
| languageOf | Sipsongpanna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| linguisticTypology | analytic language ⓘ |
| majorDialectArea | Xishuangbanna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfTones | 6 (in many dialects) ⓘ |
| phonologicalFeature |
complex tone system
ⓘ
contrastive vowel length ⓘ |
| primaryCountry | China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Eastern Myanmar
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Northern Laos NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Thailand NERFINISHED ⓘ Northwestern Vietnam NERFINISHED ⓘ Yunnan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scriptDirection | left-to-right ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Tai Lü people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
China
ⓘ
Laos NERFINISHED ⓘ Myanmar NERFINISHED ⓘ Thailand NERFINISHED ⓘ Vietnam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subfamily | Tai branch ⓘ |
| subgroup | Southwestern Tai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor | religious texts in Theravada Buddhist context (historically) ⓘ |
| usedIn | traditional literature of Tai Lü people ⓘ |
| uses | Tai Tham script (historically, in some contexts) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesNumeralSystem | Tai Lü numerals ⓘ |
| writingReform | New Tai Lue script standardized in 20th century ⓘ |
| writingSystemType | abugida ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.