The Tai languages are a subgroup of the Tai Kadai language family. The Tai languages include the most widely spoken of the Tai-Kadai languages, including Thai, the national language of Thailand, Lao or Laotian, the national language of Laos, Myanmar's Shan language, and Zhuang, a major language of southern China. The Tai-Kadai languages are a language family found in Southeast Asia and southern China. ... Current distribution of Human Language Families Most languages are known to belong to language families. ... The Shan language is related to the Thai language and is commonly called Tai Shan. ... The Zhuang language (autonym: Cuengh or Cueŋь; Chinese: 壮语; Hanyu Pinyin: ) is used by the Zhuang people in the Peoples Republic of China. ...

• Central Tai languages (6)
  • Southern Zhuang (China)
  • E (China)
  • Man Cao Lan (Vietnam)
  • Nung (Vietnam)
  • Tày (Tho) (Vietnam)
  • Ts'ün-Lao (Vietnam)
• East Central Tai languages (1)
  • Northwest Tai languages (1)
    • Turung (India)
• Northern Tai languages (4)
  • Northern Zhuang (China)
  • Nhang (Vietnam)
  • Bouyei (Buyi) (China)
  • Tai Mène (Laos)
• Southwestern Tai languages (32)
  • Tai Ya (China)
  • East Central Tai languages (10)
    • Chiang Saeng languages (8)
      • Tai Dam (Vietnam)
      • Northern Thai (Lanna, Thai Yuan) (Thailand, Laos)
      • Phuan (Thailand)
      • Thai Song (Thailand)
      • Thai (Thailand)
      • Tai Hang Tong (Vietnam)
      • Tai Dón (Vietnam)
      • Tai Daeng (Vietnam)
      • Tay Tac (Vietnam)
      • Thu Lao (Vietnam)
  • Lao-Phutai languages (4)
    • Lao (Laos)
    • Nyaw (Thailand)
    • Phu Thai (Thailand)
    • Isan (Northeastern Thai) (Thailand, Laos)
  • Northwestern Tai languages (9)
    • Ahom (India - extinct. Modern Assamese is Indo-European.)
    • Aiton (India)
    • Lü (Lue, Tai Lue) (China, Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Myanmar)
    • Khamti (India, Myanmar)
    • Khün (Myanmar)
    • Khamyang (India)
    • Phake (India)
    • Shan (Myanmar)
    • Tai Nüa (China, Vietnam, Thailand, Laos)
  • Pu Ko (Laos)
  • Pa Di (China)
  • Southern Tai languages (1)
    • Southern Thai (Pak Thai) (Thailand)
  • Tai Thanh (Vietnam)
  • Tày Sa Pa (Vietnam)
  • Tai Long (Laos)
    • Tai Hongjin (China)
    • Yong (Thailand)
  • Unclassified Southwestern
    • Tai Hongjin (China)
    • Yong (Thailand)
• Unclassified (1)
  • Kuan (Laos)
• Rien (Laos)
• Tay Khang (Laos)
• Tai Pao (Laos)
• Tai Do (Vietnam)

The Zhuang language (autonym: Cuengh; Chinese: 壮语; pinyin: Zhuàngyǔ) is used by the Zhuang people in the Peoples Republic of China. ... The Nung are an ethnic minority in Vietnam. ... The Zhuang language (autonym: Cuengh; Chinese: 壮语; pinyin: Zhuàngyǔ) is used by the Zhuang people in the Peoples Republic of China. ... The Buyi or Bouyei people (Self called: Puyi, Puzhong, Burao, Puman; Chinese: 布依族; pinyin: bùyī zú) are an ethnic group living in southern Peoples Republic of China. ... Tai Dam is a language spoken in China (mostly in Jinping 金平), Thailand, Laos and Vietnam. ... The Northern Thai language or Kam Mueang (คำเมือง) is the language of the people of Lannathai, Thailand. ... The Nyaw language is a dialect of the Issan or Lao language with a few vocabulary, tonal and pronunciation differences. ... The Phu Thai language is a dialect of the Issan or Lao language with a few vocabulary, tonal and pronunciation differences. ... Isan (also Isaan or Esarn) is the language of the Isan region of Thailand. ... The Ahom language was spoken by the Ahom people who ruled most of Assam from the 13th century until the British occupation in 1838. ... Assamese (অসমীয়া) or Asamiya or Oxomiya is the language spoken by some of the natives of the state of Assam in northeast India. ... Tai Lü (or Tai Lue, Tai Le; tai51 lɯ11; Xishuangbanna Dai; Chinese: 傣仂语 DÇŽilèyÇ”) is one of the languages spoken by the Dai people in China. ... The Shan language is related to the Thai language and is commonly called Tai Shan. ... Tai Nüa (also called Dehong Dai or Chinese Shan; own name: [tai lÉ™], which means upper Tai or northern Tai, or ᥖᥭᥰᥖᥬᥳᥑᥨᥒᥰ [tai taɯ xoÅ‹]; Chinese: DÇŽinÇŽyÇ” 傣哪语 or Déhóng DÇŽiyÇ” 德宏傣语; Thai: ภาษาไทยเหนือ [pÊ°aːsaː tÊ°ai nɯːa] or ภาษาไทใต้คง [pÊ°aːsaː tÊ°ai taik... Southern Thai (or Pak Thai or Dambro) is spoken by about 5 million people, mainly in Southern Thailand. ...

Reference

• Ethnologue report Retrieved 3 August 2005.