Tai Pao language

Tai Pao
Tai Hang Tong
"Tai Pao" written in Lai Pao script
Native toVietnam
Native speakers
(ca. 13,000 cited 1995 census – 2002)[1]
Lai Pao script
Language codes
ISO 639-3tpo
Glottologtaih1245

Tai Pao, known in Vietnamese sources as Tai Hang Tong (Hàng Tổng), is a Tai language of Vietnam and Laos. In Laos, it is spoken in Khamkeut District, Pakkading District, and Viengthong District of Bolikhamxai Province. Two dialects of Tai Hang Tong are distinguished: Tai Pao and Tai Yo.[2]

  1. ^ Tai Pao at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ "Indications About the Two Dialects of Tai Hang Tong (=Tai Muong)". Ethnologue. Archived from the original on 2021-02-08. Retrieved 2021-01-06.