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Where is Tai spoken?

Tai is a Nuclear Trans New Guinea language, spoken in Papua New Guinea. It is marked on the map by a ringed point.

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Language families (largest ten)

Atlantic-Congo
Austronesian
Sino-Tibetan
Indo-European
Afro-Asiatic
Nuclear Trans New Guinea
Otomanguean
Austroasiatic
Tai-Kadai
Pama-Nyungan

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Where Tai is spoken

Tai is spoken in one country: Papua New Guinea.

Country
Papua New Guinea

Tai has no area on the map because no open area map covers it. The ringed point is the position Glottolog gives for the language.

How many people speak Tai?

Wikidata holds no speaker count for this language.

Status: Not endangered. Glottolog lists it as not endangered: it is still being passed on to children.

Where Tai sits in the language family tree

Glottolog classifies Tai as follows, from the largest family down to the language itself.

Nuclear Trans New Guinea
Madang
Kalamic-South Adelbert
Kalam-Kobon
Etp-Ti Kalam
Tai

Related languages

Other languages in the Etp-Ti Kalam group:

Kalam

More about Tai

Codes: ISO 639-3 taw, Glottolog taii1241. Glottolog macroarea: Papunesia.

Questions about Tai

Where is Tai spoken?

Tai is spoken in Papua New Guinea. On the map it is shown as a single point, because no open area map covers it.

Which language family is Tai in?

Glottolog places Tai in the Nuclear Trans New Guinea family, in the branch Madang, Kalamic-South Adelbert, Kalam-Kobon and Etp-Ti Kalam.