Tai

E313551
Tai–Kadai language family language family

Tai is a major language family of Southeast Asia that includes languages such as Thai and Lao, spoken by tens of millions of people across the region.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Tai canonical 4

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Tai–Kadai language family ⓘ
language family ⓘ
alternativeName Daic languages ⓘ
Tai languages ⓘ
approximateNumberOfSpeakers tens of millions ⓘ
geographicDistribution Laos ⓘ
Thailand ⓘ
northern Vietnam ⓘ
southern China ⓘ
hasMemberLanguage Ahom language ⓘ
surface form: Ahom

Bouyi ⓘ
surface form: Bouyei

Lao ⓘ
Nung ⓘ
Phu Thai ⓘ
Shan ⓘ
Tai Dam ⓘ
Tai Dón ⓘ
Tai Lü ⓘ
Thai ⓘ
Zhuang ⓘ
hasProtoLanguage Proto-Tai ⓘ
hasSubfamily Central Tai ⓘ
Northern Tai ⓘ
Southwestern Tai ⓘ
linguisticTypology analytic language family ⓘ
tonal language family ⓘ
partOf Tai–Kadai languages ⓘ
surface form: Kra–Dai language family
relatedTo Hlai languages ⓘ
Kam–Sui languages ⓘ
Kra languages ⓘ
spokenBy Lao people ⓘ
Tai peoples ⓘ
Thai people ⓘ
Zhuang people ⓘ
spokenInCountry People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) ⓘ
surface form: Bangladesh

Cambodia ⓘ
China ⓘ
India ⓘ
Laos ⓘ
Myanmar ⓘ
Thailand ⓘ
Viet Nam ⓘ
surface form: Vietnam
spokenInRegion Indochinese Peninsula ⓘ
surface form: Mainland Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia ⓘ
writingSystemUsedByMembers Lao script ⓘ
Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script

New Tai Lue script ⓘ
Tai Viet script ⓘ
Thai script ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Southwestern Tai → languageFamily → Tai ⓘ
Tai-Ahom people → ethnicOrigin → Tai ⓘ
Sukhothai period → associatedEthnicGroup → Tai ⓘ
Nyo language → subfamily → Tai ⓘ