Tai Daeng-Meuay
Tai Daeng-Meuay is a Tai-Kadai language spoken in Vietnam and Laos, by about 650 thousand people. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Tai Daeng, Táy-Môc-Châu or Red Tai is the language of the Tai Daeng people of northwestern Vietnam and across the border into northeastern Laos. It belongs to the Tai language family, being closely connected with Black Tai and White Tai, as well as being more distantly related to the language spoken in modern Thailand.
The language is classified as part of the Thái official ethnic community in Vietnam and of the Phu Tai composite group in Laos. However, speakers in Vietnam tend to identify with Black Tai, or Tai Dam, thus denying that they are Red Tai.
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Words in Tai Daeng-Meuay
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | kon* | |
| name | Tu* | |
| eye | ta* | |
| ear | hu* | |
| nose | koNlaN* | |
| tooth | xE3w* | |
| tongue | lin* | |
| hand | mu* | |
| blood | lu3t* | |
| bone | luk* | |
| skin | naN* | |
| knee | huaxaw* | |
| breast | u* | |
| liver | tap* | |
| water | nam* | |
| fire | fay* | |
| sun | taNNen* | |
| star | law* | |
| stone | ko3nhin* | |
| mountain | pu* | |
| tree | may* | |
| leaf | v3* | |
| night | kaNkhun* | |
| dog | dog* | |
| fish | pa* | |
| louse | tohaw* | |
| one | nuN* | |
| two | soN* | |
| I | kan* | |
| you | thaw* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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