Language family

Kra-Dai Peoples

Tai and related peoples of mainland Southeast Asia and southern China, from the Mekong basin to the Yunnan highlands.

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More about Ahom

15

Member ethnic groups

7

Branches represented

3

World regions spanned

Tai8 groups

Ahom woman from Assam (India)

Ahom

Assam (India)

Bouyei woman from Guizhou (China)

Bouyei

Guizhou (China)

Isan woman from Isan (Thailand)

Isan

Isan (Thailand)

Lao woman from Laos

Lao

Laos

Nùng woman from Vietnam, Guangxi (China)

Nùng

Vietnam, Guangxi (China)

Shan woman from Shan State (Myanmar)

Shan

Shan State (Myanmar)

Thais woman from Thailand

Thais

Thailand

Zhuang woman from Zhuangia (China)

Zhuang

Zhuangia (China)

Other Kra-Dai groups7 groups

Gelao woman from Guizhou (China)

Gelao

Guizhou (China)

Giáy

Valley floors and lower slopes of the northern Vietnamese highlands, chiefly Lào Cai, Hà Giang, Lai Châu, and Yên Bái provinces, Vietnam.

Hlai

Central and southern Hainan Island, China, in the mountains around Wuzhishan and the counties of the former Hainan Li and Miao Autonomous Prefecture.

Li woman from Hainan (China)

Li

Hainan (China)

Sui woman from Sandu Shui Autonomous County (China)

Sui

Sandu Shui Autonomous County (China)

Tai Dam

Upland basins of northwestern Vietnam, above all the Black River valley and the Dien Bien plain, with communities in northern Laos, Thailand, southern China and a resettled diaspora in the United States, France and Australia.

Tai Lue

Sipsongpanna (Xishuangbanna), southern Yunnan, China, along the upper Mekong; also northern Laos, eastern Shan State in Myanmar, northern Thailand and northwestern Vietnam

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