Tai, also spelled Dai, peoples of mainland Southeast Asia, including the Thai, or Siamese (in central and southern Thailand), the Lao (in Laos and northern Thailand), the Shan (in northeast Myanmar [Burma]), the Lü (primarily in Yunnan province, China, but also in Myanmar, Laos, northern Thailand, and Vietnam), the
Who are considered as descendant of Tai?
Thus, we refer to the Zhuang and the Mulao as the “southern origin of the Tai”. Finally, the Austro-Asiatic speakers, such as the Wa and the Bulang, were thought to share a recent common ancestor with Tai people in the indigenous origin hypothesis [8], [9]. In our study, they are called the “native origin of the Tai”.8 Apr 2013
What do the Thai call themselves?
Siamese
Is Tai from Taiwan?
Like the Malayo-Polynesians, they may originally have been of Austronesian descent. Prior to living in mainland China, Tai-Kadai peoples are thought to have migrated from a homeland on the island of Taiwan, where they spoke a dialect of proto-Austronesian or one of its descendant languages.
What do you call a Thai person?
People from Thailand are called Thais (plural) and an individual is called Thai. The common language of Thailand is the Thai language and the word
Where did Tai come from?
Tai people are widely distributed in Thailand, Laos and southwestern China and are a large population of Southeast Asia. Although most anthropologists and historians agree that modern Tai people are from southwestern China and northern Thailand, the place from which they historically migrated remains controversial.8 Apr 2013
Which language is Thai similar to?
Thai is the most spoken of over 60 languages of Thailand by both number of native and overall speakers. Over half of its vocabulary is derived from or borrowed from Pali, Sanskrit, Mon and Old Khmer. It is a tonal and analytic language, similar to Chinese and Vietnamese.