Northern Tai languages

E893907
Tai language subgroup language branch

The Northern Tai languages are a branch of the Tai language family spoken primarily in southern China and neighboring regions, closely related to but distinct from the Southwestern Tai languages such as Thai and Lao.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Northern Tai languages canonical 5

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Tai language subgroup ⓘ
language branch ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Southwestern Tai languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
country China ⓘ
distinctFrom Lao language NERFINISHED ⓘ
Southwestern Tai languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Thai language ⓘ
ethnicGroup Bouyei people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Zhuang people NERFINISHED ⓘ
glottologClassification Northern Tai NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Northern Tai branch NERFINISHED ⓘ
Northern Zhuang–Bouyei languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasGrammaticalFeature little inflectional morphology ⓘ
use of classifiers ⓘ
hasMember Bouyei language NERFINISHED ⓘ
Guibei Zhuang NERFINISHED ⓘ
Guibian Zhuang NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nong Zhuang NERFINISHED ⓘ
Northern Zhuang NERFINISHED ⓘ
Standard Zhuang NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yongbei Zhuang NERFINISHED ⓘ
Youjiang Zhuang NERFINISHED ⓘ
Zhuang languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature complex tone systems ⓘ
contrastive vowel length in some varieties ⓘ
ISOClassification covered by multiple ISO 639-3 codes for individual member languages ⓘ
languageFamily Kra–Dai NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tai NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Tai language family ⓘ
region Guangxi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Guizhou NERFINISHED ⓘ
Laos NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vietnam NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yunnan NERFINISHED ⓘ
southern China ⓘ
sharesFeatureWith Central Tai languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Southwestern Tai languages ⓘ
status often minority languages within China ⓘ
subclassOf Kra–Dai languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tai languages ⓘ
typology analytic language ⓘ
tonal language ⓘ
usedFor everyday communication among Zhuang communities ⓘ
folk songs ⓘ
oral literature ⓘ
usedIn local administration in some areas of Guangxi ⓘ
wordOrder SVO ⓘ
writingSystem Chinese characters ⓘ
Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (5)

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

Tai languages → hasSubgroup → Northern Tai languages ⓘ
Bouyei language → closelyRelatedTo → Northern Tai languages ⓘ
Lakkia–Biao languages → distinctFrom → Northern Tai languages ⓘ
Central Tai → hasAlternativeName → Northern Tai languages ⓘ
Northern Tai → hasAlternativeName → Northern Tai languages ⓘ