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Tai Dón

A language of Viet Nam

ISO 639-3: twh

Population	280,000 in Viet Nam (2002). Population total all countries: 490,000.
Region	Northern Vietnam, along the Red and Black rivers; south now settled mainly in Tung Nghia (Lam Dong Province). Also in China, France, Laos.
Language maps	Northern Viet Nam, reference number 84 Northwestern Viet Nam, reference number 84
Alternate names	Tai Blanc, Tai Kao, Tai Lai, Táy Khao, Thái Tráng, White Tai
Dialects	Not intelligible with Tai Dam [blt]. Lao [lao] influenced the speech of some Tai Dón.
Classification	Tai-Kadai, Kam-Tai, Be-Tai, Tai-Sek, Tai, Southwestern, East Central, Chiang Saeng
Language use	Different customs from Tai Dam. Tai Dón have strong ethnic pride. Those who have had prolonged contact with Tai Dam have become bilingual in it. Many have not had that contact.
Language development	Bible portions: 1969.
Writing system	Latin script. Tai Viet script.
Comments	Part of the Thái official nationality. Traditional religion, Buddhist.

Also spoken in:

China

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

Laos

Language name	Tai Dón
Population	200,000 in Laos (1995 census).
Region	Northeast.
Language map	Laos, reference number 62
Alternate names	Tai Blanc, Tai Kao, Tai Lai, Thái Tráng, White Tai
Language use	A large influential group. Few also use Tai Dam [blt].
Comments	Part of the Thai official ethnic community in Viet Nam. Traditional religion.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

CHÍNH NHÌM, Diêu; DONALDSON, Jean, authors. 1970. Păp san khhãm pák tãy-Keo Eng = Ngữ-vựng Thái-Việt-Anh = Tai-Vietnamese-English vocabulary.

DONALDSON, Jean, author. 1963. White Tai phonology.

DONALDSON, Jean, author. Available: 2011; Created: 1961. White Thai - Vietnamese - English dictionary and text.

DONALDSON, Jean; EDMONDSON, Jerold A., authors. 1997. "A preliminary examination of Tay Tac."

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

Vernacular Publications

Tãy Ðón pặp san 1. 1962.

Tãy Ðón, pặp san 2. 1962.