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Tai languages facts for kids

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Tai languages are a branch of the Kra-Dai language family mostly spoken in Southeast Asia. Major languages of this language family include Thai and Lao.

Tai-Kadai languages are tonal and analytic languages.

Images for kids

  • TaiFamilyTree Overlaid On Map

    Map showing linguistic family tree overlaid on a geographic distribution map of Tai-Kadai family. This map only shows general pattern of the migration of Tai-speaking tribes, not specific routes, which would have snaked along the rivers and over the lower passes.

  • Lenguas Tai suroccidentales

    Southwestern Tai languages

  • Zhuang-dialects-map

    Distribution of Central and Northern Tai languages (Zhuang, Tay-Nung and Bouyei included)

  • Tai-script-evolution

    Graphical summary of the development of Tai scripts from a Shan perspective, as reported in Sai Kam Mong's Shan Script book.

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Lenguas tai para niños

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