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Kra–Dai family

Tai Dam

Tai Dam is a language of the Southwestern Tai branch (Kra–Dai), spoken in Vietnam, China, Laos and Thailand. Wikidata counts about 760,000 speakers. Wikidata describes it as “Tai language spoken by the Tai Dam in Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, and China”.

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At a glance
ISO 639-3
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Glottocode
taid1247
Family
Kra–Dai
Wikipedia
20 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
4countries
2scripts
4levels in the tree
5EGIDS level

Facts

NameTai Dam
Also calledBlack Tai, Tai Dam language
All speakers760,000
Written inTai Viet, Lao

Vitality

EGIDS 5 Developing5

Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.

Other languages at this level
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From Kra–Dai to Tai Dam

The branches above Tai Dam, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.