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.

Aliases (5)
Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf language branch →
subgroup of Tai languages →
geographicDistribution Laos →
Mainland Southeast Asia →
Myanmar →
Northeast India →
Northern Vietnam →
Thailand →
Yunnan, China →
glottologCode sout3210 →
hasMajorLanguage Ahom language →
Isan language →
Khamti language →
Lao language →
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 Chiang Saen languages →
Lao–Phuthai languages →
Southwestern Tai of Assam →
hasWritingSystem Lao script →
New Tai Lue script →
Shan script →
Tai Tham script →
Tai Viet script →
Thai script →
languageFamily Kra–Dai →
Tai →
partOf Tai language family →
relatedTo Central Tai →
Northern Tai →
subclassOf Kra–Dai languages →
Tai languages →
typologicalFeature analytic language group →
tonal language group →
Referenced by (8)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Thai language ("Northern Thai") →
Thai language ("Southern Thai") →
hasDialects
Thai language →
belongsToBranch
Southwestern Tai ("Northern Thai language") →
hasMajorLanguage
Southwestern Tai ("Southwestern Tai of Assam") →
hasSubgroup
Southern Thailand ("Southern Thai") →
languageSpoken
Chiang Mai ("Northern Thai") →
localLanguage
Lao ("Southwestern Tai languages") →
subfamily
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