Northwestern Tai languages
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The Northwestern Tai languages are a branch of the Tai language family spoken primarily in parts of southern China and Southeast Asia, characterized by tonal systems and close linguistic relations to other Tai varieties.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Northwestern Tai languages canonical | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Tai language subgroup
ⓘ
language branch ⓘ |
| arealFeatureWith | other Tai languages of mainland Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Central Tai languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Southwestern Tai languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAncestor |
Proto-Kam–Tai language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Proto-Kra–Dai language NERFINISHED ⓘ Proto-Tai language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEthnicGroup |
Tai Daeng people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tai Dam people NERFINISHED ⓘ Tai Don people NERFINISHED ⓘ Tai Khao people NERFINISHED ⓘ Tai Yo people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
SVO word order
ⓘ
analytic morphology ⓘ classifier system ⓘ complex tone sandhi in some varieties ⓘ contrastive vowel length in some varieties ⓘ phonemic tones ⓘ serial verb constructions ⓘ tonal language ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Black Tai language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Red Tai language NERFINISHED ⓘ Tai Cuoi language NERFINISHED ⓘ Tai Daeng language NERFINISHED ⓘ Tai Dam language NERFINISHED ⓘ Tai Don language NERFINISHED ⓘ Tai Hang Tong language NERFINISHED ⓘ Tai Khao language NERFINISHED ⓘ Tai Loi language NERFINISHED ⓘ Tai Mao language ⓘ Tai Muong language ⓘ Tai Nuea language NERFINISHED ⓘ Tai Pao language NERFINISHED ⓘ Tai Thanh language NERFINISHED ⓘ Tai Yo language NERFINISHED ⓘ White Tai language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem | various writing systems ⓘ |
| partOf | Tai language family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
China
ⓘ
Guangxi NERFINISHED ⓘ Laos NERFINISHED ⓘ Myanmar NERFINISHED ⓘ Thailand NERFINISHED ⓘ Vietnam NERFINISHED ⓘ Yunnan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studiedInField |
comparative linguistics
ⓘ
historical linguistics ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Kra–Dai languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tai languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.