Tai languages

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TAI is also an abbreviation for International Atomic Time

The Tai languages 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.

Central Tai languages (6)
* Southern Zhuang (China)
* E (China)
* Man Cao Lan (Vietnam)
* Nung (Vietnam)
* Tày (Tho) (Vietnam)
* Ts'ün-Lao (Vietnam)
East Central Tai languages (1)
*Northwest Tai languages (1)
** Turung (India)
Northern Tai languages (4)
* 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 (8)
*** 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 Tai languages (1)
** Southern Thai (Pak Thai) (Thailand)
* Tai Thanh (Vietnam)
* Tày Sa Pa (Vietnam)
* Tai Long (Laos)
** Tai Hongjin (China)
** Yong (Thailand)
*Unclassified Southwestern
** Tai Hongjin (China)
** Yong (Thailand)
Unclassified (1)
* Kuan (Laos)
Rien (Laos)
Tay Khang (Laos)
Tai Pao (Laos)
Tai Do (Vietnam)

Reference

[Ethnologue report] Retrieved 3 August 2005.

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