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Tai Dam

A language of Viet Nam

ISO 639-3: blt

Population	699,000 in Viet Nam (2002 SIL). Population total all countries: 763,950.
Region	North, along Red and Black rivers; now settled south in Tung Nghia (Lam Dam), Tho Thanh (Dac Lac), Pleiku (Gia Lai), elsewhere. Also in Australia, China, France, Laos, Thailand, United States.
Language maps	Northern Viet Nam, reference number 82 Northwestern Viet Nam, reference number 82
Alternate names	Black Tai, Tai Do, Tai Noir, Táy-Dam, Thái Den
Dialects	Táy Mu’ò’i (Tai Mueai, Meuay). Similar to Thai Song [soa] and Tai Dón [twh], but not inherently intelligible with Tai Dón.
Classification	Tai-Kadai, Kam-Tai, Be-Tai, Tai-Sek, Tai, Southwestern, East Central, Chiang Saeng
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 1%–5%. Literacy rate in L2: 50%–75%. Radio programs. Bible portions: 1982–2000.
Writing system	Lao script. Latin script. Tai Viet script.
Comments	It is part of the Thái official nationality (760,000 in 1984; official figure), which also includes Tai Dón and Tai Daeng. Officially included under Dai in China. Traditional religion.

Also spoken in:

China

Language name	Tai Dam
Population	10,000 in China (1995).
Region	Jingping County, Yunnan.
Language map	Southwestern China
Comments	Part of the Dai nationality.

Laos

Language name	Tai Dam
Population	50,000 in Laos (1995).
Region	Khammouan Province.
Language map	Laos, reference number 61
Alternate names	Black Tai, Tai Noir, Thai Den
Dialects	Tai Muoi (Tai Muei, Tay Mueai, Meuay).
Comments	Part of the Dai official nationality in China and the Thai official nationality in Viet Nam.

Thailand

Language name	Tai Dam
Population	700 in Thailand (2004).
Region	Loei Province, Ban Na Pa Nat village.
Alternate names	Black Tai, Jinping Dai, Tai Noir, Thai Den
Comments	Arrived in Thailand 1885.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

BACCAM, Don; BACCAM, Faluang; BACCAM, Hung; FIPPINGER, Dorothy C., compilers. 1989. ʼPặp pe khót ʼquám ʼTáy—Ang-kít (Tai Dam—English, English—Tai Dam vocabulary book).

CHAMBERLAIN, James R., author. 1992. "The Black Tai chronicle of Muang Mouay, part I: Mythology."  

FIPPINGER, Dorothy C., author. 1971. "Kinship terms of the Black Tai people."

FIPPINGER, Dorothy C.; FIPPINGER, Jay W., authors. 1970. "Black Tai phonemes, with reference to White Tai."

FIPPINGER, Jay W., author. 1972. "Black Tai government."

FIPPINGER, Jay W., author. 1975. "Black Tai sentence types: a generative semantic approach."

FIPPINGER, Jay W., author. Available: 2011; Created: 1975. English - Black Tai Dictionary.

FIPPINGER, Jay, compiler. 2012. Vietnam word list (revised): Black Tai.

NATTHIDA Chakshuraksha, author. 2005. "The home domain and minority language maintenance: a sociolinguistic view of three Black Tai families in Thailand."  

ROBINSON, Edward Raymond, author. 1994. Further classification of Southwestern Tai "P" group languages.

Vernacular Publications

ʼPạ̄p sư ép ʼquám Angkít—ʼTáy Ðām. 1977.

ʼPạ̄p sư ép ʼquám Tay - ʼTáy Ðām (Leçons de langue Français - Taằ Dam). 1978.

ʼPi ʼnọng ép sư ʼQuam ʼTáy, ʼpặp sư 1, lóp vỡ-lòng (Bài học vần Thái Ðen, quyển 1, lóp vỡ-lòng). 1974.

Tôsừ ʼTáy Ðăm. 1981.