ISO 639-3 · tyztyz
Kra–Dai family
Tày
Tày is a language of the Tai branch (Kra–Dai), spoken in Vietnam. Wikidata counts about 1.5 m speakers. Wikidata describes it as “Tai language of Vietnam”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
tyz- Glottocode
tayy1238- Family
- Kra–Dai
- EGIDS
- 6b Threatened
- Wikipedia
- 17 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
2scripts
3levels in the tree
6bEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Tày |
|---|---|
| Also called | Tho, Tay |
| All speakers | 1,500,000 |
| Written in | Latin script, Chữ Nôm Tày |
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 Tày
The branches above Tày, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Vietnam
fraFrenchIndo-European · 285.4 m0 · InternationalvieVietnameseAustroasiatic · 76 m1 · NationalkhmKhmerAustroasiatic · 17.6 m1 · NationalhmnHmongHmong–Mien · 4.5 m5 · DevelopingpccBouyeiKra–Dai · 2 m6a · VigorousmtqMuongAustroasiatic · 1.1 m6a · VigorousnutNungKra–Dai · 850,0005 · DevelopingiumIu MienHmong–Mien · 820,0005 · DevelopingbltTai DamKra–Dai · 760,0005 · DevelopinghniHaniSino-Tibetan · 740,0006a · Vigorous