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Name:
Tai Nüa
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Dai Nuea; Tai Neua; Tai Nuea; Tai Nue; Tai Nü; Dai Na; Dehong Dai; Dehong; Tai Dehong; Tai Le; Tai-Le; Dai Kong; Tai-Kong; Tai Mao; Chinese Shan; Chinese Tai; Yunannese Shan; Yunnan Shant'ou; Tai Man; Yunnan Shant’ou; Tai Kong; Tay Nüa; Twelve Districts Shan; Thai Chè; Thai Khè; Tayok; Paiyi; Tai-Dehong; Nuea; Tay Nua
Spoken in:
Myanmar, France, China, Laos, Thailand, Switzerland
Number of speakers:
540,000 in China (Zhou and Luo 2001). Population total all countries: 647,400. Ethnic population: 610,000
(Ethnologue)
Number of speakers:
70000
(UNESCO)
Number of speakers:
357400
(World Oral Literature Project)
Code:
tdd
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Tai-Kadai (Thai-Kadai)
Parent Subgroup:
Northwest Southwestern Tai; West Thai; Northwest (nect)
Child Dialects:
Tai Pong; La; You; Ya; Ka; Tai Ka; Sai (tdd-tai)
Dehong (tdd-deh)
Yongren (tdd-yon)
UNESCO Status: Vulnerable Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Endangerment Status
UNESCO Status: Vulnerable Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
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