Khün language
Tai language closely related to Thai and Lao / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with Khuen language.
Khün, or Tai Khün (Tai Khün: ᨴᩱ᩠ᨿᨡᩨ᩠ᨶ, /taj˧˧.kʰɯːn˧˨˥/; Shan: တႆးၶိုၼ် Thai: ไทเขิน [tʰaj kʰɤ̌ːn]), also known as Kengtung tai, Kengtung Shan, is the language of the Tai Khün people of Kengtung, Shan State, Myanmar.[2] It is also spoken in Chiang Rai Province, Thailand, and Yunnan Province, China.
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Khun | |
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Kengtung Shan Kengtung tai | |
ᨴᩱ᩠ᨿᨡᩨ᩠ᨶ | |
Pronunciation | /táj kʰɯ̌ːn/ |
Native to | Myanmar (Shan State), Thailand |
Region | Kengtung |
Native speakers | (100,000 cited 1990)[1] |
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Tai Tham script, Thai script | |
Official status | |
Recognised minority language in | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | kkh |
Glottolog | khun1259 |
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The Khün varieties share 93% to 100% lexical similarity.[2] Khun is closely related to other Tai languages. Khün shares 90% to 95% lexical similarity with Northern Thai language, 92% to 95% with Lü, 93% to 97% with Shan, and 80% to 83% with standard Thai.[2]