The are a subgroup of the
Tai-Kadai Language Family . The Tai languages include the most widely spoken of the Tai-Kadai languages, including
Thai , the national language of
Thailand ,
Lao or Laotian, the national language of
Laos ,
Myanmar 's
Shan Language , and
Zhuang , a major language of southern
China .
- Central Tai languages (6)
- --- Southern Zhuang (China)
- --- E (China)
- --- Man Cao Lan (Vietnam)
- --- Nung (Vietnam)
- --- Tày (Tho) (Vietnam)
- --- Ts'ün-Lao (Vietnam)
- East Central Tai languages (1)
- ---Northwest Tai languages (1)
-- Turung (India)
- Northern Tai languages (4)
- --- Northern Zhuang (China)
- --- Nhang (Vietnam)
- --- Bouyei (Buyi) (China)
- --- Tai Mène (Laos)
- Southwestern Tai languages (32)
- --- Tai Ya (China)
- --- East Central Tai languages (10)
-- Chiang Saeng languages (8)
- Tai Dam (Vietnam)
- Northern Thai (Lanna, Thai Yuan) (Thailand, Laos)
- Phuan (Thailand)
- Thai Song (Thailand)
- Thai (Thailand)
- Tai Hang Tong (Vietnam)
- Tai Dón (Vietnam)
- Tai Daeng (Vietnam)
- Tay Tac (Vietnam)
- Thu Lao (Vietnam)
- --- Lao-Phutai languages (4)
-- Lao (Laos)
-- Nyaw (Thailand)
-- Phu Thai (Thailand)
-- Isan (Northeastern Thai) (Thailand, Laos)
- --- Northwestern Tai languages (9)
-- Ahom (India - extinct. Modern Assamese is Indo-European.)
-- Aiton (India)
-- Lü (Lue, Tai Lue) (China, Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Myanmar)
-- Khamti (India, Myanmar)
-- Khün (Myanmar)
-- Khamyang (India)
-- Phake (India)
-- Shan (Myanmar)
-- Tai Nüa (China, Vietnam, Thailand, Laos)
- --- Pu Ko (Laos)
- --- Pa Di (China)
- --- Southern Tai languages (1)
-- Southern Thai (Pak Thai) (Thailand)
- --- Tai Thanh (Vietnam)
- --- Tày Sa Pa (Vietnam)
- --- Tai Long (Laos)
-- Tai Hongjin (China)
-- Yong (Thailand)
- ---Unclassified Southwestern
-- Tai Hongjin (China)
-- Yong (Thailand)
- Unclassified (1)
- --- Kuan (Laos)
- Rien (Laos)
- Tay Khang (Laos)
- Tai Pao (Laos)
- Tai Do (Vietnam)
- Gedney, W. J., & Hudak, T. J. (1995). ''William J. Gedney's central Tai dialects: glossaries, texts, and translations''. Michigan papers on South and Southeast Asia, no. 43. Ann Arbor, Mich: Center for South and Southeast Asian Studies, University of Michigan ISBN 0891480757
