Northern Tai

E313552
Tai language subgroup language branch

Northern Tai is a branch of the Tai language family spoken primarily in southern China and neighboring regions, distinct from but related to the Southwestern Tai languages.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Northern Tai canonical 5
Northern Zhuang 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Tai language subgroup ⓘ
language branch ⓘ
branchOf Tai–Kadai languages ⓘ
surface form: Kra–Dai language family
distinctFrom Central Tai ⓘ
Southwestern Tai ⓘ
geographicDistribution southern China and neighboring regions of mainland Southeast Asia ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Northern Tai languages ⓘ
Northern Zhuang ⓘ
surface form: Northern Zhuang–Tai
hasMember Buyei ⓘ
Debao Zhuang ⓘ
Fusui Zhuang ⓘ
Guibei Zhuang ⓘ
Guibei Zhuang ⓘ
surface form: Guibian Zhuang

Lianshan Zhuang ⓘ
Yongbei Zhuang ⓘ
surface form: Liujiang Zhuang

Longzhou Zhuang ⓘ
Nong ⓘ
Debao Zhuang ⓘ
surface form: Nong Zhuang

Nong–Be language varieties ⓘ
Qiubei Zhuang ⓘ
Saek ⓘ
Tianzhou Zhuang ⓘ
Wuming Zhuang ⓘ
Yongbei Zhuang ⓘ
Yongbei Zhuang ⓘ
surface form: Youjiang Zhuang
languageFamily Tai–Kadai languages ⓘ
surface form: Kra–Dai
morphologicalType analytic ⓘ
partOf Tai language family ⓘ
primaryEthnicGroups Buyi people ⓘ
surface form: Buyei people

Nong people ⓘ
Zhuang people ⓘ
recognizedAs major branch of the Tai languages in Chinese scholarship ⓘ
relatedTo Central Tai ⓘ
Southwestern Tai ⓘ
Zhuang language ⓘ
surface form: Zhuang languages
spokenIn China ⓘ
Guangxi Province ⓘ
surface form: Guangxi

Guizhou Province ⓘ
surface form: Guizhou

Laos ⓘ
Thailand ⓘ
Viet Nam ⓘ
surface form: Vietnam

Yunnan Province ⓘ
surface form: Yunnan

southern China ⓘ
subclassOf Tai–Kadai languages ⓘ
surface form: Kra–Dai languages

Tai languages ⓘ
tonal true ⓘ
typicalWordOrder SVO ⓘ
writingSystemUsed Chinese characters (for some varieties) ⓘ
Latin script (for some standardized varieties) ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Southwestern Tai → relatedTo → Northern Tai ⓘ
Zhuang language → subfamily → Northern Tai ⓘ
Zhuang language → hasDialects → Northern Tai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Zhuang
Bouyei language → languageBranch → Northern Tai ⓘ
Central Tai → hasAlternativeName → Northern Tai ⓘ
Tai → hasSubfamily → Northern Tai ⓘ