傣语诸语言(Tai languages)
紧密相关的语群，东南亚与中国南部超过八千万人使用的语言。依据广泛使用的分类，傣语有三支。西南语群包括泰语，是泰国的国定语言；东北泰语（伊森）和寮国语用於泰国东部和寮国；南泰语用於泰国南部；掸族语在缅甸的东部和北部；黑傣与白傣主要是在越南北部。中央语群有龙安族与南壮族语，分布越南北部与中国广西省的方言；齐族语分布在同一地区。北方语群有摆夷与北壮族语，分布於中国广西、贵州和云南的方言。傣语全都是声调语言，而且如同汉语及越南语一样，自然词汇的语素大多是由单音节构成（至少历史上如此）。多数学者相信傣语系与中国南部与越南北部少数民族所操的其他语言有关。连同傣语群，整个语群命名为凯傣或傣－凯傣语群。
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Tai languages
Family of closely related languages spoken in S.East Asia and southern China by more than 80 million people. According to a widely used classification, Tai comprises three branches. The Southwestern group includes Thai, the national language of Thailand; northeastern Thai (Isan) and Lao, spoken in eastern Thailand and Laos; Pak Tay (South Thai), spoken in southern Thailand; Shan, spoken in eastern and northern Myanmar; and Tai Dam (Black Tai) and Tai Don (Tai Khaw, or White Tai), spoken mainly in North Vietnam. The Central group includes Nung and South Zhuang, a dialect chain in northern Vietnam and China's Guangxi province; and Tay (Th?), spoken in the same area. The Northern group includes Buyi (Bouyei) and North Zhuang, a dialect chain spoken in Guangxi, Guizhou, and Yunnan, China. All Tai languages are tone languages, and like Chinese and Vietnamese, the majority of morphemes in the native vocabulary (at least historically) consist of single syllables. Most scholars believe the Tai family is related to a number of other languages spoken by minority peoples of southern China and northern Vietnam. Together with Tai, the entire group has been named the Kadai or Tai-Kadai family.
