Tai Languages

Thái or Tai people (Vietnamese: Người Thái) is officially recognized by the Vietnamese government as one of Vietnam’s 54 ethnic groups. They are Tai ethnic groups that speak various...

The Tày people, also known as the Thô, T’o, Tai Tho, Ngan, Phen, Thu Lao, or Pa Di, are a Central Tai-speaking ethnic group who live in northern Vietnam....

The San Chay people (Vietnamese: Người Sán Chay; also called Sán Chỉ, Cao Lan) live in Tuyên Quang Province of the Northeast region of Vietnam, as well as some...

The Nùng (pronounced as noong ) are a Central Tai-speaking ethnic group living primarily in northeastern Vietnam and southwestern Guangxi. The Nùng sometimes call themselves Tho, which literally means...

The Tai Lü people (Tai Lue: ᦺᦑᦟᦹᧉ, Chinese: 傣仂, Dǎi lè, Lao: ລື້, Lư̄, Thai: ไทลื้อ, RTGS: Thai Lue, Vietnamese: Người Lự) are an ethnic group of China, Laos,...

The Lao people are a Tai ethnic group native to Southeast Asia, who speak the eponymous language of the Kra–Dai languages. They are the majority ethnic group of Laos,...

The Giáy people (Vietnamese: người Giáy ), occasionally called the Nhang, are an ethnic group in Vietnam and Laos. Most live in the mountainous northern provinces of Lào...

The Bouyei (also spelled Puyi, Buyei and Buyi; self called: Buxqyaix, or “Puzhong”, “Burao”, “Puman”; Chinese: 布依族; pinyin: Bùyīzú; Vietnamese: người Bố Y), otherwise known as the Zhongjia,...