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Name:
Thai, Northeastern
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Isan; Isaan; Issan; Thai Isaan; Kaleung; Kha Lung; Kha Lu'ng; Kha-Lɯɱ
Spoken in:
Thailand
Number of speakers:
15,000,000 (1983 SIL). At least 1,000,000 in Bangkok. Kalerng has a few thousand speakers (1990 A. Diller)
(Ethnologue)
Code:
tts
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Tai-Kadai (Thai-Kadai)
Parent Subgroup:
Lao-Phutai (laop)
Child Dialects:
Central Isan; Kalerng; Kaleung; Kaloeng (tts-cen)
Southern Isan. Korat; Southern Isan (tts-sou)
Northern Isan (tts-nor)

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