Yong language

Yong
Nyong
Native toThailand
Native speakers
13,000 (2000)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3yno
Glottologyong1277

Yong (Nyong) is a Southwestern Tai language of Thailand. It is used by Tai Yong people, who are descended from Tai Lue people from Xishuangbanna, China and Kengtung, Myanmar. Ethnologue reports that Yong is phonologically similar to the Tai Lue language. Most Yong speakers are multilingual and speak Northern Thai and Standard Thai.[2] There were 12,600 speakers as of 2000.

  1. ^ Yong at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Intajamornrak was invoked but never defined (see the help page).