Tai Lue language

Tai Lue
ᦅᧄᦺᦑᦟᦹᧉ, ᨣᩴᩣᨴᩱ᩠ᨿᩃᩨ᩶
kam tai lue
Pronunciation[kâm.tâj.lɯ̀]
Native toChina, Laos, Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam
RegionYunnan, China
EthnicityTai Lue
Native speakers
550,000 (2000–2013)[1]
Kra–Dai
Tai Tham alphabet, Thai alphabet, New Tai Lue alphabet
Official status
Recognised minority
language in
Language codes
ISO 639-3khb
Glottologluuu1242

Tai Lue (New Tai Lü: ᦅᧄᦺᦑᦟᦹᧉ, Tai Tham: ᨣᩴᩣᨴᩱ᩠ᨿᩃᩨ᩶, kam tai lue, [kâm.tâj.lɯ̀])[a] or Xishuangbanna Dai is a Tai language of the Lu people, spoken by about 700,000 people in Southeast Asia. This includes 280,000 people in China (Yunnan), 200,000 in Burma, 134,000 in Laos, 83,000 in Thailand and 4,960 in Vietnam.[2] The language is similar to other Tai languages and is closely related to Kham Mueang or Tai Yuan, which is also known as Northern Thai language. In Yunnan, it is spoken in all of Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, as well as Jiangcheng Hani and Yi Autonomous County in Pu'er City.

In Vietnam, Tai Lue speakers are officially recognised as the Lự ethnic minority, although in China they are classified as part of the Dai people, along with speakers of the other Tai languages apart from Zhuang.

  1. ^ Tai Lue at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ "Lü". Ethnologue.


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