Tai Nüa language

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Name (Latin)
Tai Nüa language
Other forms of name
Chinese Shan language
Dai Kong language
Dai Na language
Dehong Dai language
Shan language, Chinese
Shan language, Yunnanese
Tai Kong language
Tai Na language
Tay Nüa language
nne Te-hung Tai language
Yunnan Shantʼou language
Yunnanese Shan language
See Also From tracing topical name
Tai languages
See Also From tracing place name
Burma
China
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q36556
Library of congress: sh 86005679
Sources of Information
  • Work cat.: Chou, Y. Han tsu tsen yang hsüeh Te-hung Tai yü, 1983.
  • Chung-kuo shao shu min tsu, 1981: p. 339(Tai na; Te-hung)
  • Voegelin lang.: p. 197(Tay Nüa)
  • Ethnologue:p. 561 (Tai Nüa (... Dai Na, Dehong Dai, ... Dai Kong, Tai-Kong ... Chinese Shan ... Yunnanese Shan, Yunnan Shantʼou)

Wikipedia description:

Tai Nuea or Tai Nüa (ᥖᥭᥰ ᥘᥫᥴ, pronounced [tai˥.lə˧˥] (Mangshi) or ᥖᥭᥰ ᥢᥫᥴ, [tɑi˥˧.nə˥] (Menglian); Chinese: 傣那语; pinyin: Dǎinàyǔ; တဲးနိူဝ်, တႆးၼိူဝ်; Burmese: တိုင်းနေ; Thai: ภาษาไทเหนือ, pronounced [pʰāːsǎː tʰāj nɯ̌a]), also called Dehong Tai (Chinese: 德宏傣语; pinyin: Déhóng Dǎiyǔ; Thai: ภาษาไทใต้คง, pronounced [pʰāːsǎː tʰāj tâːj.kʰōŋ]) and Chinese Shan, is one of the languages spoken by the Dai people in China, especially in the Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture in the southwest of Yunnan Province. It is closely related to the other Tai languages and could be considered a dialect of Shan. It should not be confused with Tai Lü (Xishuangbanna Dai).

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