| Mal | |
|---|---|
| Thin | |
| Native to | Laos, Thailand |
| Ethnicity | Mal |
Native speakers | (26,000 cited 1982 – 1995 census) [1] |
Austroasiatic
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
mlf |
| Glottolog |
mall1246 |
Mal, also known as Thin, is a Mon–Khmer language of Laos and Thailand. It is one of several closely related languages which go by the names Thin or Prai.
Tayten (300 speakers as of 1995) is spoken in the 2 villages of Ban Phia and Ban Tenngiou in Pakxeng District, Luang Prabang Province, Laos. It is either Thin or Tai Then. [2]
References
- ^ Mal at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ http://asiaharvest.org/wp-content/themes/asia/docs/people-groups/Laos/Tayten.jpg [ bare URL image file]
External links
- http://projekt.ht.lu.se/rwaai RWAAI (Repository and Workspace for Austroasiatic Intangible Heritage)
- http://hdl.handle.net/10050/00-0000-0000-0003-8A2D-F@view T'in in RWAAI Digital Archive