Tai languages

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Tai
Geographic
distribution:		 Southern China (esp. Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan), Southeast Asia
Genetic
classification:		 Tai-Kadai
 Kam-Tai
  Be-Tai
   Tai-Sek
    Tai
Subdivisions:
Central Tai
East Central Tai
Northern Tai
Southwestern Tai
Rien
Tai Do
Tai Pao
Tay Khang
ISO 639-2: tai

The Tai languages (Thai: ภาษาไต) are a subgroup of the Tai-Kadai language family. The Tai languages include the most widely spoken of the Tai-Kadai languages, including Thai, the national language of Thailand, Lao or Laotian, the national language of Laos, Myanmar's Shan language, and Zhuang, a major language of southern China.

  • Central Tai languages (6)
  • East Central Tai languages (1)
    • Northwest Tai languages (1)
      • Turung (India)
  • Northern Tai languages (4)
  • Southwestern Tai languages (32)
    • Tai Ya (China)
    • East Central Tai languages (10)
      • Chiang Saeng languages (10)
        • Tai Dam (Vietnam)
        • Northern Thai (Lanna, Thai Yuan) (Thailand, Laos)
        • Phuan (Thailand)
        • Thai Song (Thailand)
        • Thai (Thailand)
        • Tai Hang Tong (Vietnam)
        • Tai Dón (Vietnam)
        • Tai Daeng (Vietnam)
        • Tay Tac (Vietnam)
        • Thu Lao (Vietnam)
      • Lao-Phutai languages (4)
      • Northwestern Tai languages (9)
        • Ahom (India - extinct. Modern Assamese is Indo-European.)
        • Aiton (India)
        • Lü (Lue, Tai Lue) (China, Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Myanmar)
        • Khamti (India, Myanmar)
        • Khün (Myanmar)
        • Khamyang (India)
        • Phake (India)
        • Shan (Myanmar)
        • Tai Nüa (China, Vietnam, Thailand, Laos)
    • Pu Ko (Laos)
    • Pa Di (China)
    • Southern Tai languages (1)
    • Tai Thanh (Vietnam)
    • Tày Sa Pa (Vietnam)
    • Tai Long (Laos)
      • Tai Hongjin (China)
      • Yong (Thailand)
    • Unclassified Southwestern
      • Tai Hongjin (China)
      • Yong (Thailand)
  • Unclassified (1)
    • Kuan (Laos)
    • Rien (Laos)
    • Tay Khang (Laos)
    • Tai Pao (Laos)
    • Tai Do (Vietnam)

[edit] Further reading

  • Brown, J. Marvin. From Ancient Thai to Modern Dialects. Bangkok: Social Science Association Press of Thailand, 1965.
  • Chamberlain, James R. A New Look at the Classification of the Tai Languages. [s.l: s.n, 1972.
  • Conference on Tai Phonetics and Phonology, Jimmy G. Harris, and Richard B. Noss. Tai Phonetics and Phonology. [Bangkok: Central Institute of English Language, Office of State Universities, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, 1972.
  • Diffloth, Gérard. An Appraisal of Benedict's Views on Austroasiatic and Austro-Thai Relations. Kyoto: Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University, 1976.
  • Đoàn, Thiện Thuật. Tay-Nung Language in the North Vietnam. [Tokyo?]: Instttute [sic] for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, 1996.
  • Gedney, William J. On the Thai Evidence for Austro-Thai. [S.l: s.n, 1976.
  • Gedney, William J., and Robert J. Bickner. Selected Papers on Comparative Tai Studies. Michigan papers on South and Southeast Asia, no. 29. Ann Arbor, Mich., USA: Center for South and Southeast Asian Studies, University of Michigan, 1989. ISBN 0891480374
  • Gedney, William J., Carol J. Compton, and John F. Hartmann. Papers on Tai Languages, Linguistics, and Literatures: In Honor of William J. Gedney on His 77th Birthday. Monograph series on Southeast Asia. [De Kalb]: Northern Illinois University, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, 1992. ISBN 1877979163
  • Gedney, William J., and Thomas J. Hudak. (1995). William J. Gedney's central Tai dialects: glossaries, texts, and translations. Michigan papers on South and Southeast Asia, no. 43. Ann Arbor, Mich: Center for South and Southeast Asian Studies, University of Michigan ISBN 0891480757
  • Gedney, William J., and Thomas J. Hudak. William J. Gedney's the Yay Language: Glossary, Texts, and Translations. Michigan papers on South and Southeast Asia, no. 38. Ann Arbor, Mich: Center for South and Southeast Asian Studies, University of Michigan, 1991. ISBN 0891480668
  • Gedney, William J., and Thomas J. Hudak. William J. Gedney's Southwestern Tai Dialects: Glossaries, Texts and Translations. Michigan papers on South and Southeast Asia, no. 42. [Ann Arbor, Mich.]: Center for South and Southeast Asian Studies, University of Michigan, 1994. ISBN 0891480749
  • Hudak, Thomas John. William J. Gedney's The Tai Dialect of Lungming: Glossary, Texts, and Translations. Michigan papers on South and Southeast Asia, no. 39. [Ann Arbor]: Center for South and Southeast Asian Studies, University of Michigan, 1991. ISBN 0891480676
  • Li, Fang-kuei. The Tai Dialect of Lungchow; Texts, Translations, and Glossary. Shanghai: Commercial Press, 1940.
  • Østmoe, Arne. A Germanic-Tai Linguistic Puzzle. Sino-Platonic papers, no. 64. Philadelphia, PA, USA: Dept. of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Pennsylvania, 1995.
  • Sathāban Sūn Phāsā Qangkrit. Bibliography of Tai Language Studies. [Bangkok]: Indigenous Languages of Thailand Research Project, Central Institute of English Language, Office of State Universities, 1977.
  • Shorto, H. L. Bibliographies of Mon-Khmer and Tai Linguistics. London oriental bibliographies, v. 2. London: Oxford University Press, 1963.
  • Tingsabadh, Kalaya and Arthur S. Abramson. Essays in Tai Linguistics. Bangkok: Chulalongkorn University Press, 2001. ISBN 9743472223

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