Tai languages

Tai
Tai
Zhuang–Tai, Daic
Geographic; distribution	Southern China (esp. Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan and Guangdong), Southeast Asia, north-east India
Linguistic classification	Kra–Dai Kam–Tai? Be–Tai? Tai; ; ;
Proto-language	Proto-Tai
Subdivisions	Northern (NT); Central (CT); Southwestern (SWT); (see also Zhuang languages);
ISO 639-2 / 5	tai
Glottolog	daic1237
	Distribution of Tai languages:; Northern Tai / Northern Zhuang Central Tai / Southern Zhuang Southwestern Tai / Thai

The Tai, Zhuang–Tai, or Daic languages (Thai: ภาษาไท or ภาษาไต, transliteration: p̣hās̛̄āthay or p̣hās̛̄ātay, RTGS: phasa thai or phasa tai; Lao: ພາສາໄຕ, Phasa Tai) are a branch of the Kra–Dai language family. The Tai languages include the most widely spoken of the Tai–Kadai languages, including Standard Thai or Siamese, the national language of Thailand; Lao or Laotian, the national language of Laos; Myanmar's Shan language; and Zhuang, a major language in the Southwestern China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, spoken by the Zhuang people (壯), the largest minority ethnic group in China, with a population of 15.55 million, living mainly in Guangxi, the rest scattered across Yunnan, Guangdong, Guizhou and Hunan provinces.

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