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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Asia > Laos > Tai Mène

Tai Mène

A language of Laos

ISO 639-3tmp

Population  7,200 (1995 census).
Region  Borikhamxay Province, Vieng Thong District; Khamkeut District, Lak Xao, Khamkeut, Na Heuang, Nam Sak, Sop Chat, Ka’ane, Phon Thoen, Sop Pone, and Tha Veng.
Language map  Laos, reference number 64
Alternate names   Tai Maen, Tai Man, Tai Men, Tai Mene, Tai-Maen, Tay Mènè
Dialects  Similar to Saek [skb].
Classification  Tai-Kadai, Kam-Tai, Be-Tai, Tai-Sek, Tai, Northern
Comments  They claim to have come from Xieng Lip and Ban Pot in Nghe An, Viet Nam.