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Khün language

Khun
Pronunciation /tai kʰɯn/
Native to Burma (Shan State), Thailand
Region Kengtung
Native speakers
(100,000 cited 1990)
Tai–Kadai
Tai Tham script, Thai script
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottolog khun1259

Khün, or Tai Khün (Tai Khün: ᨴᩱᨡᩧ᩠ᨶ, /tai kʰɯn/; Thai: ไทเขิน Thai pronunciation: [tʰaj kʰɤ̌ːn]), is the language of the Tai Khün people of Kengtung, Shan state, Myanmar. It is a Tai language, closely related to Thai and Lao. It is also spoken in Chiang Rai Province, Thailand, and Yunnan Province, China.

In China, there are about 10,000 Tai Khuen (Chinese: 傣艮) people in the following areas of Yunnan province (Gao 1999).



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