The Tai Muong Vat do not Speak the Black Tai Language

Authors

Theraphan L-Thongkum

Publication Date

2003-01-01

Abstract

A word list of 3,343 items with Standard Thai, English and Vietnamese glosses was used for eliciting the Black Tai or Tai Dam language data at each of the twelve research sites: ten in northern Vietnam, one in northern Laos, and one in central Thailand. The data collected at two villages in Muong Vat could not be used for a reconstruction of Old Black Tai phonological system and a lexicon because on a phonological basis and a lexical basis, the Tai dialect of Muong Vat is not Black Tai, especially the one spoken at Ban Phat, Chieng Pan sub-district and Ban Coc Lac, Tu Nang sub-district, Son La province, Vietnam.

First Page

74

Last Page

86

Recommended Citation

L-Thongkum, Theraphan (2003) "The Tai Muong Vat do not Speak the Black Tai Language," Manusya, Journal of Humanities: Vol. 6: No. 6, Article 5.
Available at: https://digital.car.chula.ac.th/manusya/vol6/iss6/5