Langenesis

Kra-Dai family

Thai

c. 1250 CE – today Living

Thai (c. 1250 CE – today) is a living Kra-Dai language. Lineage: Proto-Kra-Dai → Proto-Tai → Thai.

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Speakers
21M (21,000,000)
ISO 639-3
tha
Glottocode
thai1261

Southwestern Tai language and national language of Thailand; speaker figure is Central Thai L1. The Ramkhamhaeng inscription (1292) is traditionally the earliest record, though its authenticity is debated.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Kra-Daic. 2,000 BCE – 500 BCE
  2. Proto-Taic. 0 CE – 800 CE
  3. Thaic. 1250 CE – today

Sister languages 4

Also descended from Proto-Tai.

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