| Also Known As: Tai Dam Language,Black Tai,Tai Do,Jinping Dai,Tai Noir,Thai Den,Táy-Dam,Thái Den,Tai Dam
Description:
Tai Dam is a Tai language spoken by the Tai Dam in Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, and China (mostly in the Jinping Miao, Yao, and Dai Autonomous County). It is called pʰaːsaː tʰai dam ภาษาไทดำ ("Black Tai") in Thai and Dǎidānyǔ 傣担语 in Chinese.
Tai Dam speakers in China are classified as part of the Dai nationality along with almost all the other Tai peoples. But in Vietnam they are given their own nationality (with the White Tai) where they are classified (confusingly for English speakers) as the Thái nationality (meaning Tai people).
An effort is underway to standardize the script in Unicode:..... full article at Wikipedia |
