Tai Dón language
Tai Dón, also known as Tai Khao or White Tai, is a Tai language of northern Vietnam, Laos and China.
| Tai Dón | |
|---|---|
| White Tai | |
| Native to | Laos, Vietnam, China (Mengla Township of Jinping) |
| Ethnicity | White Tai |
Native speakers | (500,000 cited 1995–2002)[1] |
Kra–Dai
| |
| Tai Viet | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | twh |
| Glottolog | taid1250 |
Geographical distribution
In China, White Tai (Tai Khaw 傣皓) people are located in the following townships of Yunnan province, with about 40,000 people (Gao 1999).[2]
- Jinping County 金平县: Mengla Township 勐拉乡 and Zhemi Township 者米乡 (along the banks of the Zhemi River 者米河 and Tengtiao River 藤条)
- Malipo County 麻栗坡县: Nanwenhe Township 南温河乡
- Maguan County 马关县: Dulong Town 都龙镇
- Jiangcheng County 江城县: Qushui Township 曲水乡 (along the banks of the Tuka River 土卡河)
References
- Tai Dón at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- Gao Lishi 高立士. 1999. 傣族支系探微. 中南民族学院学报 (哲学社会科学版). 1999 年第1 期 (总第96 期).
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