Tai Khün

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Tai Khün are a Tai ethnic group primarily inhabiting Kengtung and surrounding areas in eastern Myanmar, known for their distinct language, Theravada Buddhist traditions, and close cultural ties to other Shan-Tai peoples.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Tai Khün canonical 3
Tai Khun 2

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Tai people
ethnic group
alternativeName Khün
Tai Khuen
Tai Khun
linked to: Tai Khün
country Myanmar
culturalArea Golden Triangle region
culturalPractice Buddhist temple fairs
merit-making ceremonies
ordination ceremonies
culture Shan-Tai culture
ethnicGroupOf Myanmar
ethnonym Tai Khün
historicalAffiliation Shan States
historicalPolity Kengtung State
language Khün language
linked to: Tai Nüa language
languageBranch Southwestern Tai languages
languageFamily Tai–Kadai languages
linguisticRelation closely related to Northern Thai
closely related to Shan language
closely related to Tai Lue
primaryRegion Kengtung
Shan State
eastern Myanmar
region Mainland Southeast Asia
Upper Mekong basin
linked to: Mekong River
relatedEthnicGroup Lanna people
Shan
Tai Lue
Tai Yai
Tai Yuan
religion Theravada Buddhism
linked to: Theravada

animism
spirit worship
religiousTradition Theravada Buddhist monasticism
traditionalArt Buddhist mural painting
temple architecture
traditionalDance Shan-Tai dance
linked to: Shan dance
traditionalDress Shan-style clothing
traditionalEconomy trade
wet-rice agriculture
traditionalFestivals Buddhist Lent
Kathina
linked to: Kathina ceremony

Loi Krathong-type festivals
Songkran
linked to: Burmese New Year
traditionalMusic Shan-Tai musical styles
traditionalReligionInstitution Buddhist monastery
wat
writingSystem New Tai Lue script
Tai Tham script

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Referenced by (5)

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

Shan relatedEthnicGroup Tai Khün
Tai Yai relatedEthnicGroup Tai Khün
Shan language hasDialects Tai Khun
linked to: Tai Khün
Tai Khün ethnonym Tai Khün
Tai Khün alternativeName Tai Khun
linked to: Tai Khün