Tai languages

Tai languages

Infobox Language family
name=Tai
altname=
region=Southern China (esp. Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan), Southeast Asia
familycolor=Tai-Kadai
fam1=Tai-Kadai
child1=Northern
child2=Central
child3=Southwestern
iso2=taiThe Tai languages ( _th. ภาษาไต) 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.

*Northen Tai languages
** Saek (Laos)
** Yay (Thailand)
* Central Tai languages
** Southern Zhuang (China)
** E (China)
** Man Cao Lan (Vietnam)
** Nung (Vietnam)
** Tày (Tho) (Vietnam)
** Ts'ün-Lao (Vietnam)
** Turung (India)
** Northern Zhuang (China)
** Nhang (Vietnam)
** Bouyei (Buyi) (China)
** Tai Mène (Laos)
* Southwestern Tai languages (32)
** Tai Ya (China)
** East Central Tai languages (10)
*** Chiang Saeng languages (10)
**** Tai Dam (Vietnam)
**** Northern Thai (Lanna, Thai Yuan) (Thailand, Laos)
**** Phuan (Thailand)
**** Thai Song (Thailand)
**** Thai (Thailand)
**** Tai Hang Tong (Vietnam)
**** Tai Dón (Vietnam)
**** Tai Daeng (Vietnam)
**** Tay Tac (Vietnam)
**** Thu Lao (Vietnam)
*** Lao-Phutai languages (4)
**** Lao (Laos)
**** Nyaw (Thailand)
**** Phu Thai (Thailand)
**** Isan (Northeastern Thai) (Thailand, Laos)
*** Northwestern Tai languages (9)
**** Ahom (India - extinct. Modern Assamese is Indo-European.)
**** Aiton (India)
**** Lü (Lue, Tai Lue) (China, Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Myanmar)
**** Khamti (India, Myanmar)
**** Khün (Myanmar)
**** Khamyang (India)
**** Phake (India)
**** Shan (Myanmar)
**** Tai Nüa (China, Vietnam, Thailand, Laos)
** Pu Ko (Laos)
**Pa Di (China)
** Southern Thai (Pak Thai) (Thailand)
** Tai Thanh (Vietnam)
** Tày Sa Pa (Vietnam)
** Tai Long (Laos)
** Tai Hongjin (China)
** Yong (Thailand)

Further reading


* Brown, J. Marvin. "From Ancient Thai to Modern Dialects". Bangkok: Social Science Association Press of Thailand, 1965.
* Chamberlain, James R. "A New Look at the Classification of the Tai Languages". [s.l: s.n, 1972.
* Conference on Tai Phonetics and Phonology, Jimmy G. Harris, and Richard B. Noss. "Tai Phonetics and Phonology". [Bangkok: Central Institute of English Language, Office of State Universities, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, 1972.
* Diffloth, Gérard. "An Appraisal of Benedict's Views on Austroasiatic and Austro-Thai Relations". Kyoto: Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University, 1976.
* Đoàn, Thiện Thuật. "Tay-Nung Language in the North Vietnam". [Tokyo?] : Instttute [sic] for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, 1996.
* Gedney, William J. "On the Thai Evidence for Austro-Thai". [S.l: s.n, 1976.
* Gedney, William J., and Robert J. Bickner. "Selected Papers on Comparative Tai Studies". Michigan papers on South and Southeast Asia, no. 29. Ann Arbor, Mich., USA: Center for South and Southeast Asian Studies, University of Michigan, 1989. ISBN 0891480374
* Gedney, William J., Carol J. Compton, and John F. Hartmann. "Papers on Tai Languages, Linguistics, and Literatures: In Honor of William J. Gedney on His 77th Birthday". Monograph series on Southeast Asia. [De Kalb] : Northern Illinois University, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, 1992. ISBN 1877979163
* Gedney, William J., and Thomas J. Hudak. (1995). "William J. Gedney's central Tai dialects: glossaries, texts, and translations". Michigan papers on South and Southeast Asia, no. 43. Ann Arbor, Mich: Center for South and Southeast Asian Studies, University of Michigan ISBN 0891480757
* Gedney, William J., and Thomas J. Hudak. "William J. Gedney's the Yay Language: Glossary, Texts, and Translations". Michigan papers on South and Southeast Asia, no. 38. Ann Arbor, Mich: Center for South and Southeast Asian Studies, University of Michigan, 1991. ISBN 0891480668
* Gedney, William J., and Thomas J. Hudak. "William J. Gedney's Southwestern Tai Dialects: Glossaries, Texts and Translations". Michigan papers on South and Southeast Asia, no. 42. [Ann Arbor, Mich.] : Center for South and Southeast Asian Studies, University of Michigan, 1994. ISBN 0891480749
* Hudak, Thomas John. "William J. Gedney's The Tai Dialect of Lungming: Glossary, Texts, and Translations". Michigan papers on South and Southeast Asia, no. 39. [Ann Arbor] : Center for South and Southeast Asian Studies, University of Michigan, 1991. ISBN 0891480676
* Li, Fang-kuei. "The Tai Dialect of Lungchow; Texts, Translations, and Glossary". Shanghai: Commercial Press, 1940.
* Østmoe, Arne. "A Germanic-Tai Linguistic Puzzle". Sino-Platonic papers, no. 64. Philadelphia, PA, USA: Dept. of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Pennsylvania, 1995.
* Sathāban Sūn Phāsā Qangkrit. "Bibliography of Tai Language Studies". [Bangkok] : Indigenous Languages of Thailand Research Project, Central Institute of English Language, Office of State Universities, 1977.
* Shorto, H. L. "Bibliographies of Mon-Khmer and Tai Linguistics". London oriental bibliographies, v. 2. London: Oxford University Press, 1963.
* Tingsabadh, Kalaya and Arthur S. Abramson. "Essays in Tai Linguistics". Bangkok: Chulalongkorn University Press, 2001. ISBN 9743472223

References

*Ostapirat W (2000). "Proto-Kra." In "Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area" 23(1).
* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_family.asp?subid=90192 Ethnologue report] Retrieved 3 August 2005.


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