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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Asia > Thailand > Nyaw

Nyaw

A language of Thailand

ISO 639-3nyw

Population  50,000 (Diller 1990).
Region  Sakorn Nakorn, Ta Bo’, Nong Khai; Tha Uthen, Nakorn Panom.
Language maps  Northern Thailand, reference number 33
Southern Thailand, reference number 33
Alternate names   Jo, Nyo, Nyoh, Yo
Dialects  Similar to Northeastern Thai [tts] and Luang Prabang Lao.
Classification  Tai-Kadai, Kam-Tai, Be-Tai, Tai-Sek, Tai, Southwestern, Lao-Phutai
Language use  Also use Northeastern Thai.
Comments  Maw may be an alternate name. Buddhist.