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: ''"Thai peoples" redirects here. For the subgroup in Thailand, see Tai people'' Tai peoples refers to the population of descendants of speakers of a common proto-Tai language, including sub-populations which no longer speak a Tai language. Some 8-10 million people in Northeast India (not limited to Assam) descent from Ahom people but may have intermarried with others and now speak Assamese. Additional tens of thousands in India speak Tai languages (mostly in Arunachal Pradesh). Aside from India, Tai peoples can generally be identified through their language. ==Names== (詳細はTai–Kadai language family are spread over many countries in Southern China, Indochina and Northeast India. Unsurprisingly, there are many terms used to describe the distinct Tai peoples of these regions. In China, Southwestern Tai peoples are called by the very large umbrella term "Dai people", distinguishing them from the other speakers from the Tai branch of Tai–Kadai, who are known as the Rau. Endonyms outside of China vary greatly; most common are variants of Tai, which may be taken to mean human; the more restricted term Lao is of unknown origin. The name "Lao" is used almost exclusively by the majority population of Laos, the Lao people, and two of the three other members of the Lao-Phutai subfamily of Southwestern Tai: Isan speakers (occasionally), the Nyaw or Yaw and the Phu Thai. In contrast, the term T(h)ai predominates among Southwestern Thai speakers: Northern branch: * Shan * Tai Ya * Tai Nüa * Tai Hongjin * Khamti * Tai Laing * Tai Phake * Tai Aiton * Khamyang * Tai Ahom * Turung * Sapa Chiang Saen branch: * Thai * Northern Thai * Tai Daeng * Tai Dón * Tai Hang Tong * Tai Lü * Tai Dam * Khün * Phuan * Thai Song * Tày Tac Southern group * Southern Thai 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tai peoples」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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