Tai languages
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The Tai languages 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.
Disambiguation Note: TAI is also an abbreviation for International Atomic Time (letter order within the acronym based the French name Temps Atomique International).
Tai languages
- Central Tai languages (6)
- Zhuang language (China)
- E language (China)
- Man Cao Lan language (Vietnam)
- Nung language (Vietnam)
- Tày language (Vietnam)
- Ts'ün-Lao language (Vietnam)
- Northwestern Tai languages (1)
- Turung language (India)
- Northern Tai languages (4)
- Northern Zhuang language (China)
- Nhang language (Vietnam)
- Bouyei language (Buyi) (China)
- Tai Mène language (Laos)
- Southwestern Tai languages (29)
- Pu Ko language (Laos)
- Tai Long language (Laos)
- East Central Tai languages (21)
- Chiang Saeng languages (8)
- Tai Dam language (Vietnam)
- Northern Thai language (Lanna, Thai Yuan) (Thailand, Laos)
- Phuan language (Thailand)
- Song language (Thailand)
- Thai language (Thailand)
- Tai Dón language (Vietnam)
- Tai Daeng language (Vietnam)
- Tay Tac language (Vietnam)
- Lao-Phutai languages (4)
- Lao language (Laos)
- Nyaw language (Thailand)
- Phu Thai language (Thailand)
- Isan language (Northeastern Thai) (Thailand, Laos)
- Northwestern Tai languages (9)
- Ahom language (India - extinct. Modern Assamese is Indo-European.)
- Aiton language (India)
- Lü language (Lue, Tai Lue) (China, Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Myanmar)
- Khamti language (India, Myanmar)
- Khün language (Myanmar)
- Khamyang language (India)
- Phake language (India)
- Shan language (Myanmar)
- Tai Nüa language (China, Vietnam, Thailand, Laos)
- Chiang Saeng languages (8)
- Southern Tai languages (1)
- Southern Thai language (Pak Thai) (Thailand)
- Unclassified Southwestern Tai languages (5)
- Tai Ya language (China)
- Tai Hang Tong language (Vietnam)
- Tai Hongjin language (China)
- Tai Man Thanh language (Vietnam)
- Yong language (Thailand)
- Unclassified Tai languages (7)
- Kang language (Laos)
- Rien language (Laos)
- Tay Khang language (Laos)
- Tai Pao language (Laos)
- Tay Jo language (Vietnam)
- Kuan language (Laos)
- Yoy language (Thailand)de:Kam-Tai