Northern Thai language

E522450

Tai-Kadai language language of Thailand tonal language

The Northern Thai language is a Tai-Kadai language spoken primarily in northern Thailand, known for its distinct phonology, vocabulary, and traditional literary heritage separate from Standard Thai.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Northern Thai	3
Northern Thai (Kam Mueang)	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Tai-Kadai language ⓘ language of Thailand ⓘ tonal language ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Kam Mueang NERFINISHED ⓘ Kham Mueang NERFINISHED ⓘ Lanna language NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Thai NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasDialects	Chiang Mai dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ Chiang Rai dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ Lampang dialect ⓘ Nan dialect ⓘ
hasDistinct	grammar ⓘ phonology ⓘ vocabulary ⓘ
hasEthnologueEntry	Northern Thai NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasGlottocode	nort2740 ⓘ
hasISO639-3Code	nod ⓘ
hasLanguageFamily	Kra–Dai family NERFINISHED ⓘ Southwestern Tai NERFINISHED ⓘ Tai branch ⓘ
hasNumberOfSpeakers	about 6 million ⓘ
hasStatus	regional language in Thailand ⓘ
hasToneSystem	five or six tones depending on dialect ⓘ
hasTraditionalLiteraryHeritage	Lanna literature NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTraditionalScript	Lanna script NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasWritingSystem	Tai Tham script NERFINISHED ⓘ Thai script NERFINISHED ⓘ
isCloselyRelatedTo	Lao language NERFINISHED ⓘ Shan language NERFINISHED ⓘ
isNotMutuallyIntelligibleWith	Standard Thai NERFINISHED ⓘ
isRegulatedBy	no official language academy ⓘ
isSpokenIn	Chiang Mai Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Chiang Rai Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Lampang Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Lamphun Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Laos NERFINISHED ⓘ Mae Hong Son Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Myanmar NERFINISHED ⓘ Nan Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Thailand NERFINISHED ⓘ Phayao Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Phrae Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Uttaradit Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Yunnan, China NERFINISHED ⓘ parts of Phitsanulok Province ⓘ parts of Sukhothai Province ⓘ parts of Tak Province ⓘ
usesScriptHistoricallyFor	Buddhist manuscripts ⓘ chronicles ⓘ religious texts ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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

Shan language → closelyRelatedTo → Northern Thai language ⓘ

Tai Lue language → closelyRelatedTo → Northern Thai language ⓘ

Tai languages → hasMajorLanguage → Northern Thai language ⓘ

Southern Thai language → isDifferentFrom → Northern Thai language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Thai

Lanna Kingdom → language → Northern Thai language ⓘ

northern Thailand → language → Northern Thai language ⓘ

subject surface form: Northern Thailand

King Mangrai → languageSpoken → Northern Thai language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Thai (Kam Mueang)

Thai language → majorDialect → Northern Thai language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Thai

Siamese → relatedEthnicGroup → Northern Thai language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Thai

Thai script → writingSystemFor → Northern Thai language ⓘ