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- Tai Laing
ISO 639-3 · tjltjl
Kra–Dai family
Tai Laing
Tai Laing is a language of the Southwestern Tai branch (Kra–Dai), spoken in Myanmar. Wikidata counts 100,000 first-language speakers (2010).
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
tjl- Glottocode
tail1248- Family
- Kra–Dai
- EGIDS
- 6b Threatened
- Wikipedia
- 7 language editions
100,000first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
4levels in the tree
6bEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Tai Laing |
|---|---|
| Also called | Tai Leng, Tai Lai, Tai Nai, Shanni, Shan-ni |
| L1 speakers | 100,000 (2010) |
| Written in | Burmese alphabet |
Vitality
EGIDS 6b Threatened6b
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Kra–Dai to Tai Laing
The branches above Tai Laing, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Myanmar
myaBurmeseSino-Tibetan · 42.9 m1 · NationalnepNepaliIndo-European · 24.1 m1 · NationalsylSylhetiIndo-European · 14 m3 · Wider CommunicationkswS'gaw KarenSino-Tibetan · 4 m3 · Wider CommunicationshnShanKra–Dai · 3 m3 · Wider CommunicationrhgRohingyaIndo-European · 1.8 m6a · VigorouskhgKhams Tibetanunclassified · 1.5 m6a · VigorousmniMeiteiSino-Tibetan · 1.5 m2 · ProvincialkacJingpoSino-Tibetan · 940,0003 · Wider CommunicationblkPa'OSino-Tibetan · 860,0005 · Developing