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ALSO KNOWN AS		Loi, Tailoi, Wakut, Monglwe, Angku, Āng-kú, Mong-Lwe, Tailoi von Möng-Lwe, Tai-Loi, Wa-Küt, Muak Sa-aak
CLASSIFICATION		Austro-Asiatic, Palaungic, East Palaungic, Angkuic
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		tlq
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Tai Loi Doi
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS		This language is spoken primarily in Myanmar and the Myanmar-China border. Also some in Laos. Note that Mok (mqt) is also called "Tai Loi" (Bradley 2007).

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Information from: “A Phonology of Muak Sa-aak” . Elizabeth Hall (2010)

Vulnerable

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
4,460 (in Myanmar and China)
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
The speaker number cited in this thesis is based on Hopple (2007, unpublished)

DATE OF INFO: 2007

DOMAINS OF USE
SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
TRANSMISSION
SPEAKER ATTITUDE: positive
GOVERNMENT SUPPORT: no
INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT: no
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: Burmese is the language for education and official domains so people attending school are able to use Burmese. For those who live in the Chinese border, they have exposure to Chinese. Tai Lue is the Tai-Kadai language that most Tai Loi speakers use as the second language. Tai Loi has long be in close contact with Tai Lue.

PLACES: Myanmar

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Speakers of Tai Loi live primarily in the eastern part of Shan state of Myanmar, especially in Mong Yawng Township. Some live close to Mong Yawng or near the Chinese border.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: The data used in this thesis is gathered in Wan Fai village (Shan State, Myanmar) which is very close to China.

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
30,700 (including Tai Loi, Mok and Samtao)
Native speakers worldwide

PLACES: Myanmar; Laos; China

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,932
Native speakers worldwide

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
4,960
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
4,460 in Myanmar (2008).

PLACES: Myanmar; Laos; China; Thailand

3rd	2010	Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger			UNESCO Publishing	Paris		http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas	Christopher Moseley (ed.)	Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)	ll_pub	30,700 (including Tai Loi, Mok and Samtao)		10000-99999								Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)					Myanmar; Laos; China		21.427,100.747;21.733,99.766;20.73,101.419;21.515,100.221
	2010	A Phonology of Muak Sa-aak		online			Payap University, Thailand	http://ic.payap.ac.th/graduate/linguistics/theses/Ellie_Hall_Thesis.pdf	Elizabeth Hall	Elizabeth Hall. A Phonology of Muak Sa-aak. Master thesis, Payap University, Thailand, 2010. Online: http://ic.payap.ac.th/graduate/linguistics/theses/Ellie_Hall_Thesis.pdf.		4,460 (in Myanmar and China)	2007	1000-9999	The speaker number cited in this thesis is based on Hopple (2007, unpublished)	Tai Lue; Burmese; Chinese	no	positive	Burmese is the language for education and official domains so people attending school are able to use Burmese. For those who live in the Chinese border, they have exposure to Chinese. Tai Lue is the Tai-Kadai language that most Tai Loi speakers use as the second language. Tai Loi has long be in close contact with Tai Lue.	no	almost all	Vulnerable (100 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	10	11	11	The data used in this thesis is gathered in Wan Fai village (Shan State, Myanmar) which is very close to China.	Myanmar	Speakers of Tai Loi live primarily in the eastern part of Shan state of Myanmar, especially in Mong Yawng Township. Some live close to Mong Yawng or near the Chinese border.	21.178,100.356
		World Oral Literature Project						http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.		1,932		1000-9999								Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
16	2009	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)	M. Paul Lewis		SIL International	Dallas, TX		http://www.ethnologue.com/		Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)	ll_pub	4,960		1000-9999	4,460 in Myanmar (2008).							Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)					Myanmar; Laos; China; Thailand

Tai Loi

Language metadata

Language information by source

Vulnerable

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

4,460 (in Myanmar and China)

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

30,700 (including Tai Loi, Mok and Samtao)

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

1,932

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

4,960

Discussion

Tai Loi

Language metadata

Language information by source

Vulnerable

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

4,460 (in Myanmar and China)

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

30,700 (including Tai Loi, Mok and Samtao)

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

1,932

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

4,960

Discussion

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