Saek language

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The Saek language is a Tai-Kadai language spoken by the Saek ethnic group in parts of Laos and northeastern Thailand, known for preserving several archaic features within the Tai language family.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Kra–Dai language
Tai language
spoken language
tone language
branch Northern Tai NERFINISHED
country Laos NERFINISHED
Thailand
endangeredStatus vulnerable
ethnicGroup Saek people NERFINISHED
family Tai–Kadai NERFINISHED
glottocode saek1240
hasFeature complex tone system
conservative phonology
consonant clusters
influence from Lao
influence from Thai
lexical tone
preserves archaic Tai features
hasLinguisticInterest conservative tone categories
contact-induced change from Lao and Thai
preservation of archaic Tai vocabulary
hasPhonologicalFeature checked syllables
final nasals
final stops
tone splits
iso639-3 skb
languageFamily Tai NERFINISHED
languageOf Saek ethnic group
neighboringLanguages Lao language
Phu Thai language NERFINISHED
Thai language NERFINISHED
region Khammouane Province NERFINISHED
Nakhon Phanom Province NERFINISHED
Northeastern Thailand NERFINISHED
central Laos
relatedTo Bouyei language
Southwestern Tai languages NERFINISHED
Zhuang languages NERFINISHED
spokenIn Laos NERFINISHED
Thailand NERFINISHED
subfamily Tai
typologicalFeature SVO word order
isolating morphology
writingSystem Lao script NERFINISHED
Thai script

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Tai languages hasMajorLanguage Saek language