Is Thai the same as that spoken by Dai people in China?

Yes, it's different. Dai people have their own national language, which varies from place to place. Because of its distribution, it is called Dai language, Thai language and Lao language.

About 66 million people in the world use Dai language and tonal language, which is a monosyllabic language like Chinese. Due to the long-term differentiation and cross-border distribution, although there are still a considerable number of cognates in Dai language, there are great differences in pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar. For example, there are 22 consonants in Bai Dai and only 265,438+0 consonants in Thai, which makes it difficult to talk to each other.

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Dai is the main ethnic group in Thailand and Laos, accounting for 40% of the total population in Thailand. Dai is the second largest ethnic group in Myanmar and a minority in China, India, Viet Nam and Cambodia. According to the data of the sixth census in 20 10, there are more than 260,000 Dai people in China.

There is no direct evidence to prove when the Dai people moved to Thailand, but many scholars believe that the Dai people entered today's Thailand in about 10 century and established a country there.

According to the documents in northern Thailand, A Dai Village appeared by the river near Nanben in 1 150. 1263, the Manglai King, who is related to the Menglong King in Xishuangbanna, established the Manglai King City in Qinglai and later occupied Nanben. 1296, Chiang Mai New Town, Wang Jianli, Manglai, 1350, Chiang Mai has controlled Lanna area.

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