Phai language

Phai
Prai
Thin
Native to Thailand, Laos
Ethnicity Phai people
Native speakers
80,000 (2000–2005)[1]
Austroasiatic
Language codes
ISO 639-3 prt
Glottolog phai1238  (Phai)[2]
pray1239  (Pray 3)[3]

Prai (Phray) or Phai, also known as Thin (Theen, Htin) and Kha Sam Liam, is a Mon–Khmer language of Thailand and Laos. It is one of several closely related languages, such as Mal, which go by the names Prai and Thin. It is sometimes distinguished as Pray 1; the Ban Wen dialect has been labeled Pray 3. The East Pua Pray variety has been referred to as Pray 2 and has also been known as Lua'[4] (see Lua' language (disambiguation).

References

  1. Phai at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Phai". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Pray 3". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  4. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Phai language". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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