"Tai Yuan" redirects here. For the Chinese city, see Taiyuan.
Tai Yuan
ᨤᩫ᩠ᨶᨾᩮᩬᩥᨦ คนเมือง
Young dancer, Chiang Mai
Total population
6 million[1]
Regions with significant populations
Thailand Laos (Houayxay, Ton Pheung) Myanmar (Tachileik, Myawaddy)
Languages
Lanna and Central Thai
Religion
Theravada Buddhism, Tai folk religion[2]
Related ethnic groups
Tai peoples
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The Northern Thai people or Tai Yuan (Thai: ไทยวน, [tʰaj˧juan˧]), self-designation khon mu(e)ang (Northern Thai: ᨤᩫ᩠ᨶᨾᩮᩬᩥᨦ, คนเมืองpronounced[kʰon˧mɯaŋ˧] meaning "people of the (cultivated) land" or "people of our community") are a Tai ethnic group, native to nine provinces in Northern Thailand, principally in the area of the former kingdom of Lan Na.[3] As a Tai group, they are closely related to Tai Lü and Tai Khün with regards to common culture, language and history as well as to Thailand's dominant Thai ethnic group (in contrast referred to as Siamese or Central Thai). There are approximately 6 million Tai Yuan. Most of them live in Northern Thailand, with a small minority 29,442 (2005 census) living across the border in Bokeo Province of Laos. Their language is called Northern Thai, Lanna or Kham Mueang.
^Lewis, M. Paul (ed.), 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Sixteenth edition. Entry for Northern Thai Dallas, Tex.: SIL International.
^Placzek, Kanittanan, James, Wilaiwan (1986). "Historical and contemporary meaning of Thai khwan: The use of lexical meaning change as an indicator of cultural change". Religion, Values, and Development in Southeast Asia. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. pp. 146–166. ISBN 978-9971-988-20-3.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^See: Forbes, Andrew, 'The Peoples of Chiang Mai', in: Penth, Hans, and Forbes, Andrew, A Brief History of Lan Na (Chiang Mai City Arts and Cultural Centre, Chiang Mai, 2004), pp. 221-256.
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Global Information
Thailand
Laos (Houayxay, Ton Pheung)
Myanmar (Tachileik, Myawaddy)
Theravada Buddhism, Tai folk religion[2]
