Tai languages

E257935

Tai languages are a major branch of the Tai–Kadai language family that includes widely spoken languages such as Thai and Lao across Southeast Asia.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Tai languages canonical 12
Tai language family 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (69)

Predicate Object
instanceOf language branch
language group
geographicDistribution Cambodia
China
Laos
Myanmar
Northeast India
Southeast Asia
Thailand
Vietnam
linked to: Viet Nam
glottologCode taik1256
hasEthnicGroup Ahom people
linked to: Tai-Ahom people

Bouyei people
Lao people
Nùng people
linked to: Nung people

Shan people
Tai peoples
Thai people
Zhuang people
hasGrammaticalFeature little or no inflectional morphology
subject–verb–object word order
use of classifiers
hasInfluenced vocabulary of Burmese language
vocabulary of Khmer language
vocabulary of Vietnamese language
hasMajorLanguage Ahom language
Bouyei language
Isan language
linked to: Isan

Khamti language
Lao language
linked to: Lao

Northern Thai language
Nùng language
Phu Thai language
Saek language
Shan language
Southern Thai language
Tai Aiton language
Tai Dam language
Tai Dón language
Tai Khamyang language
Tai Lü language
linked to: Tai Lue language

Tai Nüa language
Tai Phake language
Tai Ya language
Thai language
Zhuang languages
linked to: Zhuang language
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive lexical tone
simple syllable structure
hasStandardLanguage Standard Lao
linked to: Lao

Standard Thai
linked to: Thai language
hasSubgroup Central Tai languages
Northern Tai languages
Northwestern Tai languages
Southeastern Tai languages
Southwestern Tai languages
linked to: Southwestern Tai
historicalOrigin southern China
iso639FamilyCode tai
languageFamilyCode Tai
linguisticTypology analytic language
tonal language
migrationHistory spread southward into mainland Southeast Asia
partOf Tai–Kadai language family
subclassOf Kra–Dai languages
writingSystemUsed Lao script
Latin script
New Tai Lue script
Tai Viet script
Thai script
Zhuang script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (14)

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

Tai–Kadai languages hasSubfamily Tai languages
Southwestern Tai subclassOf Tai languages
Southwestern Tai partOf Tai language family
linked to: Tai languages
T’ai Federation language Tai languages
Tai peoples languageBranch Tai languages
Hlai languages relatedTo Tai languages
Kra languages relatedTo Tai languages
Kam–Sui languages relatedTo Tai languages
Tai Khamyang language languageBranch Tai languages
Central Tai subclassOf Tai languages
Central Tai partOf Tai language family
linked to: Tai languages
Central Tai isCloselyRelatedTo Tai languages
Tai alternativeName Tai languages
Northern Tai subclassOf Tai languages