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Tai Laing

Tai Laing is a Tai-Kadai language spoken in Myanmar, by about 100 thousand people. Glottolog rates it threatened.

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Tai Laing · 24.9°N 95.1°E

Tai Laing (Shan: တႆးလႅင်, lit. 'red Tai'; variously spelt Tai Leng or Tai Nine), also known as Shan-Ni (Burmese: ရှမ်းနီ, lit. 'red Shan'), is a Tai language of Burma, closely related to Khamti and Shan. It is written in its own variant of Burmese script, and though not taught in schools, is experiencing a cultural revival, albeit still small. There is no census of speakers, but they are estimated to number around 100,000.

Alternate names for Tai Laing are Shan-Bamar, Shan Kalay, Myaybyan Shan, Tai Nine, Tai Dine and Tai Chaung.

From Wikipedia · Tai Laing language · CC BY-SA 4.0

Words in Tai Laing

MeaningWordRomanization
personkun*
namez37*
eyeta*
earhu*
nosen3N*
toothSu*
tongueliN*
handm3*
bloodl3t*
bonenup*
kneekhou*
liverd3p*
waternom*
firephei*
sunvon*
starnoN*
stonehin*
mountainnoi*
leafph3*
dogmo*
fishpo*
lousehou*
oneလိူင်
twoꩬွꩼင်
threeꩬꩼၢမ်
fourꩬီ
Igou*
youme*
weho*
seehon*

* in the simplified ASJP transcription

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