Tai peoples

E170733

The Tai peoples are a diverse group of ethnolinguistic communities in Southeast and South Asia, including Thais, Lao, Shan, and others, who share related Tai–Kadai languages and cultural traditions.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Tai peoples canonical 23
Kra–Dai peoples 1
Shan people 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
ethnolinguistic group ⓘ
linguistic community ⓘ
alsoPresentIn South Asia ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
culturalTrait Theravada Buddhism (for many groups) ⓘ
animist beliefs ⓘ
patrilineal kinship patterns ⓘ
spirit worship ⓘ
wet-rice agriculture ⓘ
historicalHomeland southern China ⓘ
historicalMigration southern China to mainland Southeast Asia ⓘ
includesEthnicGroup Ahom people ⓘ
linked to: Tai-Ahom people

Lao people ⓘ
Nung people ⓘ
Shan people ⓘ
Tai Dam people ⓘ
Tai Khuen people ⓘ
linked to: Tai Lue people

Tai Lue people ⓘ
Tai Phuan people ⓘ
Tai Yuan people ⓘ
Thai people ⓘ
Zhuang people ⓘ
languageBranch Tai languages ⓘ
languageFamily Tai–Kadai languages ⓘ
majorReligion Theravada Buddhism ⓘ
linked to: Theravada
notableStateFormation Ahom Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Ahom kingdom

Ayutthaya Kingdom ⓘ
Lan Xang ⓘ
Lanna Kingdom ⓘ
otherReligion Christianity (minority) ⓘ
linked to: Christianity

Islam (minority in some groups) ⓘ
animism ⓘ
folk religion ⓘ
presentInCountry Bangladesh ⓘ
Cambodia ⓘ
China ⓘ
India ⓘ
Laos ⓘ
Myanmar ⓘ
Nepal ⓘ
Thailand ⓘ
Vietnam ⓘ
linked to: Viet Nam
primaryRegion Southeast Asia ⓘ
relatedTo Kra–Dai language family ⓘ
traditionalScript Lao script (for Lao people) ⓘ
Shan script (for Shan people) ⓘ
linked to: Shan script

Tai Viet script (for some Tai groups in Vietnam) ⓘ
Thai script (for Thai people) ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (28)

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

Assamese people → culturalInfluence → Tai peoples ⓘ
Thai–Myanmar border → hasEthnicGroup → Shan people ⓘ
linked to: Tai peoples
Thai–Myanmar border → hasEthnicGroup → Thai people ⓘ
linked to: Tai peoples
Shan States → mainEthnicGroup → Tai peoples ⓘ
T’ai Federation → ethnicGroup → Tai peoples ⓘ
Tai languages → hasEthnicGroup → Tai peoples ⓘ
Buyi → relatedEthnicGroups → Tai peoples ⓘ
Tai → people → Tai people ⓘ
linked to: Tai peoples
Tai Yai → ethnolinguisticGroupOf → Tai peoples ⓘ
Tai → spokenBy → Tai peoples ⓘ
Sip Song Chau Tai → ethnicBasis → Tai peoples ⓘ
Tai folk religion → practicedBy → Tai peoples ⓘ
Tai Phuan people → subgroupOf → Tai peoples ⓘ
Tai Dam → subgroupOf → Tai peoples ⓘ
Bouyei people → relatedEthnicGroup → Tai peoples ⓘ
Buyi people → relatedEthnicGroup → Tai peoples ⓘ
Khün → subgroupOf → Tai peoples ⓘ
Tai Khuen → partOf → Tai peoples ⓘ
Tai Khuen → partOf → Kra–Dai peoples ⓘ
linked to: Tai peoples
Black Tai people → subgroupOf → Tai peoples ⓘ
Tai Aiton people → subgroupOf → Tai peoples ⓘ
Tai Aiton → subgroupOf → Tai peoples ⓘ
Tai Dón → spokenBy → White Tai people ⓘ
linked to: Tai peoples
Nong → ethnicFamily → Tai peoples ⓘ
Tai Dón people → subgroupOf → Tai peoples ⓘ
Thai → subgroupOf → Tai peoples ⓘ
Tai Daeng people → subgroupOf → Tai peoples ⓘ