Khün language
Khün, or Tai Khün (Tai Khün: ᨴᩱ᩠ᨿᨡᩨ᩠ᨶ, /taj˧˧.kʰɯːn˧˨˥/; Shan: တႆးၶိုၼ် Thai: ไทเขิน [tʰaj kʰɤ̌ːn]), also known as Kengtung tai, Kengtung Shan, is the language of the Tai Khün people of Kengtung, Shan State, Myanmar. It is also spoken in Chiang Rai Province, Thailand, and Yunnan Province, China.
| Khun | |
|---|---|
| Kengtung Shan Kengtung tai | |
| ᨴᩱ᩠ᨿᨡᩨ᩠ᨶ | |
| Pronunciation | /táj kʰɯ̌ːn/ |
| Native to | Myanmar (Shan State), Thailand |
| Region | Kengtung |
Native speakers | (100,000 cited 1990) |
Kra–Dai
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| Tai Tham script, Thai script | |
| Official status | |
Recognised minority language in | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | kkh |
| Glottolog | khun1259 |
The Khün varieties share 93% to 100% lexical similarity. Khun is closely related to other Tai languages. Khün shares 90% to 95% lexical similarity with Northern Thai language, 92% to 95% with Lü, 93% to 97% with Shan, and 80% to 83% with standard Thai.
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