The Tai languages include the most widely spoken of the Tai–Kadai languages, including Standard Thai or Siamese, the national language of Thailand; Lao or Laotian, the national language of Laos; Myanmar's Shan language; and Zhuang, a major language in the Southwestern China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, spoken by the Zhuang people (壯 ...

壯 侗 dòng 語系，即 仡 gē 台语系 （英語： Kra–Dai languages， / ˈkrɑː.daɪ /）、 台-卡岱语系 （Tai–Kadai languages， / ˈtaɪ.kəˌdaɪ /）， Daic language / ˈdaɪ.ɪk /，或譯 侗台语系 、 侗傣语系 、 侗泰语系，是 语言学家 划分的一個 語系，有70種 語言，主要分佈在 東南亞 、 华南，重要語言有 壯語 、 黎語 、 泰語 、 寮語 等。 這個語系在中国長期被认为是 汉藏语系 的一部分 [1][2]，国际學術界普遍将其视作一個獨立的語系。 壯侗语系和 南島語系 有十分密切的關係，有些研究 …

The Tai languages are divided into three linguistic groups—the Southwestern, the Central, and the Northern. Thai and Lao, the official languages of Thailand and Laos, respectively, are the best known of the languages. The number of Tai speakers is estimated at 80 million.

The Southwestern Tai or Thai languages are a branch of the Tai languages of Southeast Asia. Its languages include Central Thai (Siamese), Northern Thai (Lanna), Lao (including Isan), Shan and others.

Tai languages, Family of closely related languages spoken in Southeast Asia and southern China by more than 80 million people. According to a widely used classification, Tai comprises three branches.

Today, languages belonging to the Tai-Kadai language family are spoken by an estimated 85 million people in Southeast Asia in an area extending from Thailand into Laos, Vietnam, China, Burma, and India. The two national languages of the group, Thai and Lao, account for well over half the total of Tai-Kadai speakers.

The Kra–Dai languages (/ ˈ k r ɑː. d aɪ / KRAH-dy, also known as Tai–Kadai / ˈ t aɪ. k ə ˌ d aɪ / TIE-kə-DYE and Daic / ˈ d aɪ. ɪ k / DYE-ik), are a language family in mainland Southeast Asia, southern China, and northeastern India. All languages in the family are tonal, including Thai and Lao, the national languages of ...

壯傣語支，又稱 壮台语支 、 壮泰语支，即 台语支 （泰語： กลุ่มภาษาไท， transliteration： p̣hās̛̄āthay 或 p̣hās̛̄ātay； 寮語： ພາສາໄຕ， langues tai，英語： Tai languages）、 傣语支 、 泰语支，是 壯侗語系 侗台語族 中的一个語支，即 汉藏语系 传统分类中 壮侗语族 壮傣语支的语言。 包括 壮语 、 布依语 、 傣语 （在中國境內）、 泰语 、 老挝语 、 掸语 、 岱依语 、 侬语 、 坎底语 、 阿豪姆语 （均不在中國境內）等。 说台語的民族统称 台語民族。

The various Tai languages have been in contact with many different languages spoken in the same area of Southeast Asia, and it is inevitable that words from different sources have been adopted by them. There is a basic core of vocabulary that is shared by most of the Tai languages and may be considered as the native vocabulary of the protolanguage.

侗台语，也称台-卡岱语，是由中国语言学家李方桂先生提出并命名的，又被称为壮侗语族、侗傣语族等。 外国学者一般称侗台语族为“台—卡岱语系”（Tai-Kadai Languages），也有学者用“Kra-Dai”来取代台—卡岱。 据世界民族语言网（Ethnologue）的报告显示，侗台语族共有91种语言和方言，主要分布在东起中国广东、广西、海南，西至印度阿萨姆，北达四川金沙江，南抵泰国南部的区域。 《中国的语言》根据语言的亲属关系，将侗台语族分为壮傣语支、侗水语支、黎语支 …