Tai Dam language

Tai Dam
Tai Dam
Black Tai
ꪼꪕꪒꪾ; ไทดำ
Native to	Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, China
Ethnicity	Tai Dam
Native speakers	(760,000 cited 1995–2002)
Language family	Kra–Dai Tai Southwestern (Thai) Chiang Saen Tai Dam; ; ; ;
Writing system	Tai Viet
Official status
Recognised minority; language in	Vietnam; Thailand
Language codes
ISO 639-3	blt
Glottolog	taid1247

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Tai Dam (Chinese: 傣担语; pinyin: Dǎidānyǔ), also known as Black Tai (Thai: ภาษาไทดำ; pronounced [pʰāː sǎː tʰāj dām]; Vietnamese: tiếng Thái Đen; "Black Tai language"; Chinese: 黑傣语; pinyin: Hēidǎiyǔ), is a Tai language spoken by the Tai Dam in Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, and China (mostly in Jinping Miao, Yao, and Dai Autonomous County).

The Tai Dam language is similar to Thai and Lao (including Isan), but it is not close enough to be readily understood by most Thai and Lao (Isan) speakers. In particular, the Khmer, Pali and Sanskrit additions to Thai and Lao (Isan) are largely missing from Tai Dam.^[2]

^ Tai Dam at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ Bankston, Carl L. "The Tai Dam: Refugees from Vietnam and Laos". Passage: A Journal of Refugee Education. 3 (Winter 1987): 30–31.

[e18-1] Tai Dam at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[Bankston-2] Bankston, Carl L. "The Tai Dam: Refugees from Vietnam and Laos". Passage: A Journal of Refugee Education. 3 (Winter 1987): 30–31.

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