Tai Ya language
| Tai Ya | |
|---|---|
| Tai Cung | |
| Native to | China |
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Native speakers
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unknown (50,000 cited 2000 census)[1] |
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Tai–Kadai
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | cuu |
| Glottolog | taiy1242[2] |
Tai Ya (Chinese: 傣雅语), also known as Tai-Cung, Tai-Chung and Daiya,[3] is a Southwestern Tai language of southern China. It is also spoken by around 5,000–6,000 people in Chiang Rai Province, Thailand.
It is noted that unlike other more widely studied Dai languages, Tai Ya has no traditional Orthography, though it has a rich oral tradition.[4] Papers[5] have noted that this lack or orthography may endanger the survival of Tai Ya in future generations in Thailand, as the Tai Ya people shift towards the use of Northern Thai and Central Thai, due to the lack of literature in Tai Ya. However, it has been attested that language vitality as a whole (including the majority speakers in Yunnan Province) is high and "likely to be spoken by future generations".[4]
Notes
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- Dawkins, Erin. 2007. A sociolingustic survey of Tai Ya in Thailand. Chiang Mai: Payap University.
- Tehan, Thomas M., and Erin Dawkins. 2010. Tai Ya in Thailand Present and Future: Reversing Language Shift. Research Project #53-01 in Linguistics Department Research Series, Payap University, Chiangmai, Thailand.
- Xing Gongwan 邢公畹. 1989. Honghe Shangyou Daiyayu 红河上游傣雅语. China: Yuwen.
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- ↑ Tai Ya at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
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