Not to be confused with the ethnic group in Thailand, Thai people, which is one member of this group.
Tai
Distribution of Tai people
Regions with significant populations
Southeast Asia Myanmar (Tai Yai) Laos Thailand Vietnam South Asia India (Tai Khamti, Tai Ahom, Tai Phake, Tai Aiton, Tai Khamyang and Tai Turung,[1][2] and
Tai Lai ) East Asia China (Dai people, Zhuang people, Bouyei people)
Languages
Tai languages
Religion
Majority Theravada Buddhism; Tai folk religion, Islam, Hinduism
Tai peoples are the populations who speak (or formerly spoke) the Tai languages. There are a total of about 93 million people of Tai ancestry worldwide, with the largest ethnic groups being Dai, Thais, Isan, Tai Yai (Shan),Tai Lai (Shanni), Lao, Tai Ahom, Tai Meitei[1][2] and Northern Thai peoples.
The Tai are scattered through much of South China and Mainland Southeast Asia, with some (e.g. Tai Ahom, Tai Khamti, Tai Phake, Tai Aiton) are inhabiting parts of Northeast India. Tai peoples are both culturally and genetically very similar and therefore primarily identified through their language.
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