Tai Loi language
Tai Loi | |
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Mong Lue | |
Native to | Burma, Laos |
Native speakers | (5,000 cited 1995–2008)[1] |
Language family | Austroasiatic
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | tlq |
ELP | Tai Loi |
Tai Loi, also known as Mong Lue, refers to various Palaungic languages spoken mainly in Burma, with a few hundred in Laos and some also in China. Hall (2017) reports that Tai Loi is a cover term meaning 'mountain Tai' in Shan, and refers to various Angkuic, Waic, and Western Palaungic languages rather than a single language or branch. The Shan exonym Tai Loi can refer to:
Additionally, Ethnologue (21st edition),[2] citing Schliesinger (2003), lists Doi as a Tai Loi variety in Ban Muang, Sing District, Luang Namtha Province, Laos as a nearly extinct language variety spoken by an ethnic group comprising 600 people and 80 households as of 2003. Schliesinger (2003) reports that elderly Doi speakers can understand the Samtao language.[3]
References[]
- Hall, Elizabeth. 2017. On the Linguistic Affiliation of 'Tai Loi'. JSEALS vol. 10.2:xix-xxii.
Categories:
- Palaungic languages
- Languages of China
- Austroasiatic language stubs