Tai Khün

E304691

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 7
Tai Khun 3

How this entity was disambiguated

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

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
Khün → hasAlternativeName → Tai Khün ⓘ
Khün → hasAlternativeName → Tai Khun ⓘ
linked to: Tai Khün
Kengtung → ethnicGroup → Tai Khün ⓘ
Kengtung State → ethnicGroup → Tai Khün ⓘ