Tai Pao language
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| Tai Pao | |
|---|---|
| Tai Hang Tong | |
 "Tai Pao" written in Lai Pao script | |
| Native to | Vietnam |
Native speakers | (ca. 13,000 cited 1995 census – 2002)[1] |
| Lai Pao script | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | tpo |
| Glottolog | taih1245 |
| ELP | Lua error in Module:Endangered_Languages_Project at line 21: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). |
Tai Pao, known in Vietnamese sources as Tai Hang Tong (Hàng Tổng), is a Tai language of Vietnam and Laos. In Laos, it is spoken in Khamkeut District, Pakkading District, and Viengthong District of Bolikhamxai Province. Two dialects of Tai Hang Tong are distinguished: Tai Pao and Tai Yo.[2]
Lai Pao script
[edit | edit source]The Tai Hang Tong in Tương Dương, Nghệ An Province preserve a unique script called Lai Pao or Lai Paw. Since 2006, the preservation of Lai Pao script was made possible by conservation works of Michel Ferlus.[3]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Tai Pao at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
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