Southwestern Tai

E79969
language branch subgroup of Tai languages

Southwestern Tai is a branch of the Tai language family that includes major languages such as Thai and Lao, spoken primarily in mainland Southeast Asia.

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All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
Southwestern Tai canonical 12
Southwestern Tai languages 4
Northern Thai 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf language branch ⓘ
subgroup of Tai languages ⓘ
geographicDistribution Laos ⓘ
Mainland Southeast Asia ⓘ
Myanmar ⓘ
Northeast India ⓘ
northern Vietnam ⓘ
surface form: Northern Vietnam

Thailand ⓘ
Yunnan Province ⓘ
surface form: Yunnan, China
glottologCode sout3210 ⓘ
hasMajorLanguage Ahom language ⓘ
Lao ⓘ
surface form: Isan language

Khamti language ⓘ
Lao language ⓘ
Southwestern Tai self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Northern Thai language

Nyo language ⓘ
Phu Thai language ⓘ
Shan language ⓘ
Southern Thai language ⓘ
Tai Aiton language ⓘ
Tai Dam language ⓘ
Tai Khamyang language ⓘ
Tai Lue language ⓘ
Tai Phake language ⓘ
Tai Ya language ⓘ
Thai language ⓘ
hasNotableLanguageWithOfficialStatusIn Lao language in Laos ⓘ
Thai language in Thailand ⓘ
hasNotableLanguageWithRegionalStatusIn Isan language in Thailand ⓘ
Shan language in Myanmar ⓘ
hasSubgroup Lao ⓘ
surface form: Chiang Saen languages

Lao–Phuthai languages ⓘ
Southwestern Tai self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Southwestern Tai of Assam
hasWritingSystem Lao script ⓘ
New Tai Lue script ⓘ
Shan script ⓘ
Tai Tham script ⓘ
Tai Viet script ⓘ
Thai script ⓘ
languageFamily Tai–Kadai languages ⓘ
surface form: Kra–Dai

Tai ⓘ
partOf Tai languages ⓘ
surface form: Tai language family
relatedTo Central Tai ⓘ
Northern Tai ⓘ
subclassOf Tai–Kadai languages ⓘ
surface form: Kra–Dai languages

Tai languages ⓘ
typologicalFeature analytic language group ⓘ
tonal language group ⓘ

Referenced by (25)

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

Thai → hasDialects → Southwestern Tai ⓘ
subject surface form: Thai language
this entity surface form: Northern Thai
Thai → hasDialects → Southwestern Tai ⓘ
subject surface form: Thai language
this entity surface form: Southern Thai
Thai → belongsToBranch → Southwestern Tai ⓘ
subject surface form: Thai language
southern Thailand → languageSpoken → Southwestern Tai ⓘ
subject surface form: Southern Thailand
this entity surface form: Southern Thai
Chiang Mai → localLanguage → Southwestern Tai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Thai
Southwestern Tai → hasMajorLanguage → Southwestern Tai self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Thai language
Southwestern Tai → hasSubgroup → Southwestern Tai self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern Tai of Assam
Lao → subfamily → Southwestern Tai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern Tai languages
Tai languages → hasSubgroup → Southwestern Tai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern Tai languages
Shan language → subfamily → Southwestern Tai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern Tai languages
Southern Thai language → subclassOf → Southwestern Tai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern Tai language
Tai Phake language → subgroup → Southwestern Tai ⓘ
Central Tai → isDistinctFrom → Southwestern Tai ⓘ
Central Tai → isDistinctFrom → Southwestern Tai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern Tai languages
Central Tai → isCloselyRelatedTo → Southwestern Tai ⓘ
Tai Lue language → subgroup → Southwestern Tai ⓘ
Tai Lue language → subgroup → Southwestern Tai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Thai–Lao group
Tai Dam language → subgroup → Southwestern Tai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern Tai subgroup
Phu Thai language → subfamily → Southwestern Tai ⓘ
Nyo language → subgroup → Southwestern Tai ⓘ
Khamti language → languageSubgroup → Southwestern Tai ⓘ
Ahom language → subfamily → Southwestern Tai ⓘ
Tai → hasSubfamily → Southwestern Tai ⓘ
Northern Tai → distinctFrom → Southwestern Tai ⓘ
Northern Tai → relatedTo → Southwestern Tai ⓘ