TAI

TAI is also an abbreviation for International Atomic Time

The Tai languages 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)

Reference

• Ethnologue report Retrieved 3 August 2005.