Tai peoples

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Tai peoples refers collectively to the ethnic groups of southern China and Southeast Asia that speak the Tai languages.

Tai peoples include:

• the Lao of Laos and Northeast Thailand
• the Northern Thai (Lanna or Thai Yuan) of Thailand
• the Thai of Thailand
• the Shan (Thai Yai) of Burma
• the Zhuang of China
• the Thai Lue of Laos and China (also called "Dai")
• the Nung of China, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam
• the Black Tai (Tai Dam) of Laos and Vietnam
• the Red Tai
• the White Tai

[edit] See also

• Tai languages