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Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Thai language (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25) |
 | | Thai is a member of the Tai group of the Tai-Kadai language family. |
 | | Khorat Thai is spoken by about 400,000 (1984) in Nakhon Ratchasima; it occupies a linguistic position somewhere between Central Thai and Isan on a dialect continuum, and may be considered a variant or dialect of either. |
 | | Isan (Northeastern Thai), the language of the Isan region of Thailand, is considered by some to be a dialect of the Lao language, which it closely resembles. |
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