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Tai languages
Major divisions of the Tai languages and related languages.
The number of people who speak Tai languages is estimated to be approximately 80 million.1
These speakers are distributed across several regions, with roughly 55 million located in Thailand, about 18 million in China, and approximately 7 million residing in Laos, northern Vietnam, and Myanmar. It is important to note that these figures are rough estimates, as there are significant variations between different population counts.1