Tai languages
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The Tai or Zhuang–Tai[1] languages (Thai: ภาษาไท or ภาษาไต, transliteration: p̣hās̛̄āthay or p̣hās̛̄ātay; Lao: ພາສາໄຕ, Phasa Tai) are a branch of the Kra–Dai language family. The Tai languages include the most widely spoken of the Tai–Kadai languages, including Standard Thai or Siamese, the national language of Thailand; Lao or Laotian, the national language of Laos; Myanmar's Shan language; and Zhuang, a major language in the Southwestern China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, spoken by the Zhuang people (壯), the largest minority ethnic group in China,[2] with a population of 15.55 million, living mainly in Guangxi, the rest scattered across Yunnan, Guangdong, Guizhou and Hunan provinces.
| Tai | |
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| Zhuang–Tai | |
| Geographic distribution | Southern China (esp. Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan and Guangdong), Southeast Asia, north-east India |
| Linguistic classification | Kra–Dai
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| Proto-language | Proto-Tai |
| Subdivisions |
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| ISO 639-2 / 5 | tai |
| Glottolog | daic1237 |
 Distribution of Tai languages: Northern Tai / Northern Zhuang
Central Tai / Southern Zhuang
Southwestern Tai / Thai | |