Tày
Tày is a Tai-Kadai language spoken in China and Vietnam, by about 1.5 million people. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Tày is the major Tai language of Vietnam, spoken by more than a million Tày people in Northeastern Vietnam. It was formerly known as Thổ, a name now shared with the Cuối language.
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Words in Tày
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| mother | me̱ | |
| father | 嗓 | |
| eye | tha | |
| blood | lượt | |
| water | nặm | |
| fire | fầy | |
| sun | tha vằn | |
| moon | hai | |
| star | đao đí | |
| sky | fạ | |
| rain | phân | |
| wind | lồm | |
| river | tả | |
| sea | pé | |
| leaf | bâư | |
| cat | mèo | |
| fish | pja | |
| one | đều | |
| ten | slip | |
| money | chèn | |
| big | cải | |
| red | đeng | |
| white | khao |
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- Tày Sa PaTai-Kadai58% alike
- Tai DamTai-Kadai54% alike
- LaoTai-Kadai52% alike
- Yongnan ZhuangTai-Kadai46% alike
- AitonTai-Kadai45% alike
- Nung (Viet Nam)Tai-Kadai43% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
Glottolog · tayy1238 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · tyz