Tai languages

E257935
language branch language group

Tai languages are a major branch of the Tai–Kadai language family that includes widely spoken languages such as Thai and Lao across Southeast Asia.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Tai languages canonical 12
Tai language family 2

Statements (69)

Predicate Object
instanceOf language branch ⓘ
language group ⓘ
geographicDistribution Cambodia ⓘ
China ⓘ
Laos ⓘ
Myanmar ⓘ
Northeast India ⓘ
Southeast Asia ⓘ
Thailand ⓘ
Viet Nam ⓘ
surface form: Vietnam
glottologCode taik1256 ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup Tai-Ahom people ⓘ
surface form: Ahom people

Bouyei people ⓘ
Lao people ⓘ
Nung people ⓘ
surface form: Nùng people

Shan people ⓘ
Tai peoples ⓘ
Thai people ⓘ
Zhuang people ⓘ
hasGrammaticalFeature little or no inflectional morphology ⓘ
subject–verb–object word order ⓘ
use of classifiers ⓘ
hasInfluenced vocabulary of Burmese language ⓘ
vocabulary of Khmer language ⓘ
vocabulary of Vietnamese language ⓘ
hasMajorLanguage Ahom language ⓘ
Bouyei language ⓘ
Isan ⓘ
surface form: Isan language

Khamti language ⓘ
Lao ⓘ
surface form: Lao language

Northern Thai language ⓘ
Nùng language ⓘ
Phu Thai language ⓘ
Saek language ⓘ
Shan language ⓘ
Southern Thai language ⓘ
Tai Aiton language ⓘ
Tai Dam language ⓘ
Tai Dón language ⓘ
Tai Khamyang language ⓘ
Tai Lue language ⓘ
surface form: Tai Lü language

Tai Nüa language ⓘ
Tai Phake language ⓘ
Tai Ya language ⓘ
Thai language ⓘ
Zhuang language ⓘ
surface form: Zhuang languages
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive lexical tone ⓘ
simple syllable structure ⓘ
hasStandardLanguage Lao ⓘ
surface form: Standard Lao

Thai language ⓘ
surface form: Standard Thai
hasSubgroup Central Tai languages ⓘ
Northern Tai languages ⓘ
Northwestern Tai languages ⓘ
Southeastern Tai languages ⓘ
Southwestern Tai ⓘ
surface form: Southwestern Tai languages
historicalOrigin southern China ⓘ
iso639FamilyCode tai ⓘ
languageFamilyCode Tai ⓘ
linguisticTypology analytic language ⓘ
tonal language ⓘ
migrationHistory spread southward into mainland Southeast Asia ⓘ
partOf Tai–Kadai languages ⓘ
surface form: Tai–Kadai language family
subclassOf Tai–Kadai languages ⓘ
surface form: Kra–Dai languages
writingSystemUsed Lao script ⓘ
Latin script ⓘ
New Tai Lue script ⓘ
Tai Viet script ⓘ
Thai script ⓘ
Zhuang script ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tai–Kadai languages → hasSubfamily → Tai languages ⓘ
Southwestern Tai → subclassOf → Tai languages ⓘ
Southwestern Tai → partOf → Tai languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tai language family
T’ai Federation → language → Tai languages ⓘ
Tai peoples → languageBranch → Tai languages ⓘ
Hlai languages → relatedTo → Tai languages ⓘ
Kra languages → relatedTo → Tai languages ⓘ
Kam–Sui languages → relatedTo → Tai languages ⓘ
Tai Khamyang language → languageBranch → Tai languages ⓘ
Central Tai → subclassOf → Tai languages ⓘ
Central Tai → partOf → Tai languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tai language family
Central Tai → isCloselyRelatedTo → Tai languages ⓘ
Tai → alternativeName → Tai languages ⓘ
Northern Tai → subclassOf → Tai languages ⓘ