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| | Tai-Kadai Language Family |
 | | These languages were originally thought by some scholars to be part of the Sino-Tibetan family, and by other scholars as part of the Austronesian family. | | | The spelling 'Tai' is used to avoid confusion with Thai (Siamese), the largest language of the family. | | | In an isolating language words do not change their form and are not inflected to express grammatical relations. |
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http://www.nvtc.gov/lotw/months/may/TaiKadaiLanguageFamily.html
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| | Thailand - The Thai and Other Tai-Speaking Peoples |
| | The core Thai--the Central Thai, the Northeastern Thai (Thai-Lao), the Northern Thai, and the Southern Thai--spoke dialects of one of the languages of the Tai language family. | | | In terms of language and culture, both the Northeastern Thai and the Northern Thai were closer to the peoples of Laos than to the Central Thai. | | | In the 1980s, however, there was a rebirth of the study and teaching of local languages, especially Lanna Thai in the North and also the Southern Thai dialect. |
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http://countrystudies.us/thailand/42.htm
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| | Tai Lue (Dai) People Profile |
| | Tai Lue is a sanskrit script with Burmese influence, having originally come into Sipsongpanna with the arrival of Theravada Buddhism. | | | The Tai Lue in China are also known as the Shui Dai or "Water Dai." The Sipsongpanna Dai would also include the closely related people segments of the Huayao Dai ("Flower-waisted Dai"), the Han Dai ("Dry Land Dai"), and the Paxi ("Dai Muslims"). | | | Chinese scholars commonly hold that the Dai language and its dialects is a sub-branch of the Zhuang-Dong (Kam-Tai) branch of the Sino-Tibetan family. |
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http://www.infomekong.com/tai_lue_secondary.htm
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| | Lao language: General Facts |
| | They were taken mainly from Sanskrit, the classical language of India, and are often the same as or similar to high-level vocabulary in Thai. | | | The result is that the Lao system doesn't follow Sanskrit as closely as Thai in the spelling of high-level (religious, academic) words, so the Sanskrit origin can't be seen. | | | Some of them belong to the Tai family and speak languages related to Lao and Thai but many others speak unrelated languages. |
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http://www.thailao.net/laofacts.htm
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| | The relationship of Tai languages to other language families (from Tai languages) -- Encyclopædia Britannica |
| | Such modern languages as Hebrew, Arabic, and Ethiopic belong to the Semitic language group. | | | In contrast to earlier stages of Egyptian, which were written in monumental hieroglyphs, hieratic script, or demotic script, Coptic was written in the Greek alphabet, supplemented by seven letters borrowed from demotic writing. | | | closely related family of languages, of which the Thai (Siamese) language of Thailand is the most important member. |
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http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-75055?tocId=75055
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| | The Unreached Peoples Prayer Profiles |
| | The Tai also attempt to incorporate their Buddhist beliefs with folk animism, a practice in which they seek help through the worship of spirits and objects. | | | Theravada Buddhism was introduced in Thailand in 329 B.C. Almost all of the Tai are devout followers of Buddha ("the enlightened one") and seek to eliminate suffering and improve their future by gaining merit in pursuit of perfect peace, or nirvana. | | | The Central Tai are distinguished by a near absence of labor division by sex. |
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http://www.ksafe.com/profiles/p_code2/1270.html
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| | A Bit Of History - Thailand Forum |
| | Outside Bangkok and the central plains, other dialects and languages of the Tai family coexist with the standard : Northern Thai (Kam Muang or Yuan) in the North, Southern Thai in the South and Lao or Northeastern Thai in the Northeast. | | | Thai (Siamese, Central Thai) belongs to the Tai language family, a subgroup of the Kadai or Kam-Tai family. | | | These theories, furthermore, claim that Southern Thai evolved from the Sukhothai dialect and Central Thai or Thai from the Ayutthaya dialect... |
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http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=28863
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| | STEDT: The Sino-Tibetan Family |
| | Written Tibetan is consonantally the most archaic attested TB language, preserving e.g. | | | A.D. British scholars and colonial administrators in India and Burma began to study some of the dozens of little-known "tribal" languages of the region that seemed to be genetically related to the two great literary languages, Tibetan and Burmese. | | | The existence of the TB family was posited as early as the 1850's, when it was noticed that many words in "Written Tibetan" (WT), attested since the 7th c. |
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http://stedt.berkeley.edu/html/STfamily.html
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| | The Unreached Peoples Prayer Profiles |
| | Ninety-eight percent of the Black Tai practice "folk animism." (Animism is the belief that inanimate objects have souls.) They are also known for ancestor worship, which is the belief that the spirits of deceased ancestors are alive and need to be fed and cared for. | | | There are 600 known Black Tai Christians, but they only have portions of the Bible available in their language. | | | Ask God to strengthen, encourage, and protect the small number of Black Tai Christians, and equip them to minister the Gospel to their people. |
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http://www.ksafe.com/profiles/p_code/2065.html
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| | languagehat.com: Comment on TAI VS THAI 2. |
| | I would say standard Thai was the dialect of the larger Tai group of languages. | | | Not that it has anything to do with Tai vs. Thai, but Lahu is another ethnic group that has a largely color-coded subdivision--red, black, white, yellow, etc. | | | By this time the Thai language has had already substantial influences of mostly sanskrit and phali, but also Kmer, Malay, Mon, and Chinese words. |
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http://www.languagehat.com/mt/mt-comments.cgi?entry_id=920
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| | Ethnologue report for language code:tyz |
| | The syntax of Tho, a Tai language of Vietnam. | | | There is also now another official nationality in Viet Nam, now called the 'Tho', which is a Viet-Muong language family group, not a Tai-based language group. | | | "Thô", Thu Lao, T'o, Tai Tho, Ngan, Phen |
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http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=tyz
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| | Saek History Summary |
| | Possible theories are that it is evidence of contact with Mon-Khmer languages, such as Cambodian, which do have final l, that it is preserving an otherwise lost feature of Proto-Tai, the parent language of all present-day Tai languages, or that it reflects some wider affiliation between the Tai and Malayo-Polynesian languages. | | | The family includes Thai and Lao, the national languages of Thailand and Laos, as well as dozens of languages with speakers varying in numbers from a few thousand to several million. | | | Most Saek speakers in Thailand speak not only their own language but also the local northeastern Thai dialect and standard central Thai. |
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http://www.bookrags.com/history/worldhistory/saek-ema-05
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| | Shan Herald Agency for News (S.H.A.N.) — The Tai Of The Shan State |
| | The Tai peoples still have many words in common and, although changes in dialect and accents over the years have contributed to their divergence, there still is some degree of mutual understanding among speakers of Thai, Yuon, Lao, Shan and Dtai in Yunnan and Southern China. | | | Sao Hom Hpa of the Nam Mao line was the ruler of the Tai Nam Mao Long Kingdom in Burma for 80 years until he died in 1104. | | | For example, the Mons and the Burmans are ancient immigrant races from the Tibetan Plateau, whereas the Shans, like the Tais and Laotians, are descended from the Tais. |
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http://www.shanland.org/resources/history/Publications/tai_of_the_shan_state.htm
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| | Related WordNet synsets for SUMO concept NaturalLanguage |
| | the Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan | | | the liturgical language of the Coptic Church of Egypt and Ethiopia; written in the Greek alphabet | | | the Tai language of a Buddhist people living in the area of the Mekong River in Thailand and Laos |
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http://icosym-nt.cvut.cz/kifb/wordnet/_natural_language.html
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| | [Nuntika81] Jataputra, Nuntika (1981) Orthographic Reform in the Thai Language. | | | N (1988) The Thai Language: Mono- or Polysyllabic? | | | [Theraphan91] Thongkum, Theraphan L.; Kullavanijaya, Pranee (1991) Lexicography of the Thai Language. |
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http://crcl.th.net/bib/by-date.htm
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| | Tai Lue (Dai) People subgroups' profile |
| | The Paxi are Tai Lue who converted to Islam about 150 years ago, following interaction and intermarriage with Hui Muslim traders who traveled down to Sipsongpanna from Dali, in northwest Yunnan Province. | | | Pai-I, Shui Pai-I, Lue, Lu, Tai Lu, Dai Lu, Ly,Xishuangbanna Dai, Sipsongpanna Dai, Shui Dai. | | | The Paxi women dress exactly like Buddhist Tai Lue women; the men sometimes wear Muslim skull caps. |
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http://www.infomekong.com/p_group_TaiLue_3.htm
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| | Tai Dehong Language and Culture |
| | Traditional Dehong writing came with the spread of Buddhism and its revival depends on religious revival. | | | , which literally means "upper or northern Tai." The Siamese or Thai of Thailand call them Tai Neua. | | | Some claim that it means tai hong /ta |
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http://www.seasite.niu.edu/Tai/TaiDehong/overview.htm
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| | Lao - definition of Lao by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia. |
| | Lao - the Tai language of a Buddhist people living in the area of the Mekong River in Thailand and Laos | | | Lao - a member of a Buddhist people inhabiting the area of the Mekong River in Laos and Thailand and speaking the Lao language; related to the Thais | | | Lao - of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand |
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http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Lao
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| | AllRefer.com - Sino-Tibetan languages : Tai Languages (Language And Linguistics) - Encyclopedia |
| | The Tai or Thai subfamily of Sino-Tibetan is made up of the Thai language (formerly called Siamese) of Thailand, the Lao tongue of Laos, the Shan language of Myanmar, possibly the Vietnamese tongue of Vietnam, and a number of others. | | | The Miae and Yao of China are sometimes classified as Tai or Thai and sometimes as Tibeto-Burman. | | | AllRefer.com - Sino-Tibetan languages : Tai Languages (Language And Linguistics) - Encyclopedia |
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http://reference.allrefer.com/encyclopedia/S/SinoTibe-tai-languages.html
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| | Unit 7 - The Sino-Tibetan and Tai-Kadai language families |
| | - The Tibetan language is a member of the Tibeto-Burman branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family.... | | | - Thai (also known as Siamese) is a member of the Southwestern branch of the Tai-Kadai language family... | | | Unit 7 - The Sino-Tibetan and Tai-Kadai language families |
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http://www.nvtc.gov/lotw/months/may
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| | Nakhon Si Thammarat -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - Your gateway to all Britannica has to offer! |
| | During the early centuries of the 1st millennium AD, Indian traders traveling to China had carried Hindu and Buddhist beliefs and practices to some of these peoples. | | | third king of Sukhothai in what is now north-central Thailand, who made his young and struggling kingdom into the first major Tai state in 13th-century Southeast Asia. | | | As the Tai moved into mainland Southeast Asia, they came in contact with peoples speaking Mon-Khmer languages who had long inhabited the region. |
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http://concise.britannica.com/ebc/article-9372986
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| | SIL Tai Dam Fonts |
| | Their language is a member of the Tai-Kadai language family and is closely related to Laotian and Standard Thai. | | | SIL International (SIL) is an organization of linguists dedicated to the study and promotion of the thousands of languages around the world. | | | Over half a million Tai Dam people (also known as Black Tai or Tai Noir) live in northwestern Vietnam and northern Laos. |
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http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&id=SILTD_home&_sc=1
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| | Golden Eagle Martial Arts Centers - Content |
| | It is also commonly recognized as an excellent form of moving meditation. | | | The opponent's own strength is used against him, while the Tai Chi practitioner uses little or none of his own energy. | | | Tai Chi forms are performed slowly and in a relaxed manner, which has the benefit of calming the mind and releasing the mental and physical tensions that our modern stressful lifestyles can produce. |
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http://goldeneaglemac.com/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=17
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| | Tai |
| | “Old units of time of the Tai people of North-Eastern India.” Lik Phān Tai (Journal of the Tai Historical and Cultural Association of Assam). | | | The State of Studies on Shan (Tai Yai) and Ahom Manuscripts. | | | Book for teaching the Tai Language - Tai Phake Primer. |
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http://www.southasiabibliography.de/Bibliography/Tai/tai.html
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| | International Education: Bibliography of Faculty Publications |
| | Fry, G. Intercultural Interactions among the Thai and Lao: Critical Issues of Identity and Language. | | | Park, R. Critical issues in adult and continuing education in the United States: Policy implications for the university systems in the US and Taiwan, Chun-Chen University, Taiwan. | | | Culture as the core: Perspectives in second language education. |
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http://education.umn.edu/IntEduc/Bibliography.html
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| | JAARS Museum of the Alphabet: Modern Alphabets: Tai Dam |
| | Selections from the Life of Christ using the three alphabets of the Tai Dam language | | | To begin with, they have their own Indic-type alphabet, the 1300-year old Tai Dam alphabet, of which they are proud. | | | Scattered to the four winds, different groups of the Tai Dam of Vietnam have become literate in different alphabets. |
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http://www.jaars.org/museum/alphabet/modern/taidam.htm
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| | education in japan - The education Spot |
| | Xinhua face onnline taiwan classrooms asialink studying datacraft xinhua shenzhen, e teach gyopo expats tefl epik tefl tefl unterrichten language. | | | Education Japan is the only truly independent source of information on accredited Japanese... | | | Teachinjapan sounds be teachinjapan pahuma chamber of commerce tefl ecc e teach expat, language tai wan tesl teaching xinhua gyopo dave's esl cafe educational system education's. |
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http://racassociates.com/education/education-in-japan.html
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| | Tai languages - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | 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. | | | TAI is also an abbreviation for International Atomic Time |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tai_language
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| | Tai Dam alphabet |
| | Tai Dam, or Black Tai/Tai Noir, a Tai-Kadai language closely related to Lao and Thai which is spoken by around half a million people in north-western Vietnam and northern Laos. | | | There is no standard order for the consonants, instead each scribe uses his own order. | | | Each consonant letter has a high and low form, which combined with the presence or absence of the two tones marks, is used to indicate the six tones of the Tai Dam language. |
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http://www.omniglot.com/writing/taidam.htm
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| | LINGUIST List 8.1289: Edmonson & Solnit: Comparative Kadai |
| | Under the heading "Cited Forms", and organized by individual languages, we have a handy listing of the English equivalents of Tai words discussed and the page on which they are mentioned. | | | In the Introduction, the most recent theories regarding the relationships of Tai and postulated Tai-related languages are discussed, and a brief history of comparative historical studies of the Tai branch is presented. | | | As someone who has dealt primarily with non-tonal languages, I found this book intensely interesting as a way to learn a little more about a subject about which I knew very little. |
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http://www.ling.ed.ac.uk/linguist/issues/8/8-1289.html
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| | Ethnologue 14 report for Tai |
| | Ethnologue data from Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 14th Edition |
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http://www.ethnologue.com/14/show_family.asp?subid=885
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| | Dehong Dai / Tai Le script |
| | The Dehong Dai or Tai Le script developed from a script known as Old Dai, which developed from a script called Baiyi. | | | It has also been used on occasion by the Jingpo people. | | | The language has many names, including Tai Nua, Tai Neua, Tai Le, Chinese Shan and Chinese Tai. |
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http://www.omniglot.com/writing/tainua.htm
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| | Tai Dam Language |
| | Tai Dam in Laos: Rituals of the Death by Prachan Rakpong | | | If you have already downloaded and installed them, please ignore this message. | | | SIL Tai Dam, Tai Song Dam, White Tai) and install them in your computer. |
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http://www.seasite.niu.edu/tai/TaiDam
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