Tai Loi language

Tai Loi
	Mong Lue
Native to	Burma, Laos
Native speakers	(5,000 cited 1995–2008)
Language family	Austroasiatic Khasi–Palaungic Palaungic (various) Tai Loi; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	tlq

Short description: Austroasiatic language spoken in Myanmar and China

Tai Loi, also known as Mong Lue, refers to various Palaungic languages spoken mainly in Burma, with a few hundred in Laos and some also in China. Hall (2017) reports that Tai Loi is a cover term meaning 'mountain Tai' in Shan, and refers to various Angkuic, Waic, and Western Palaungic languages rather than a single language or branch. The Shan exonym Tai Loi can refer to:

Western Palaungic branch: De'ang
Lametic branch: Lamet
Angkuic branch: Muak Sa-aak, Mok
Waic branch
- Wa: Meung Yum, Savaiq, etc.
- Plang: Phang, Kontoi, Pang Pung, etc.

Additionally, Ethnologue (21st edition),^[2] citing Schliesinger (2003), lists Doi as a Tai Loi variety in Ban Muang, Sing District, Luang Namtha Province, Laos as a nearly extinct language variety spoken by an ethnic group comprising 600 people and 80 households as of 2003. Schliesinger (2003) reports that elderly Doi speakers can understand the Samtao language.^[3]

References

↑ Tai Loi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ "Laos". https://www.ethnologue.com/country/LA/languages.
↑ Schliesinger, Joachim. 2003. Ethnic Groups of Laos. Vol. 2: Austro-Asiatic-Speaking Peoples. Bangkok: White Lotus Press.

Hall, Elizabeth. 2017. On the Linguistic Affiliation of 'Tai Loi'. JSEALS vol. 10.2:xix-xxii.

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[e18-1] Tai Loi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)

[2] "Laos". https://www.ethnologue.com/country/LA/languages.

[3] Schliesinger, Joachim. 2003. Ethnic Groups of Laos. Vol. 2: Austro-Asiatic-Speaking Peoples. Bangkok: White Lotus Press.

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Tai Loi language

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