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Po-ai language

Northern Tai dialect
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  • map of Tai languages
    Tai languages
    / Differences in vocabulary

    …in the Northern dialects (Buyei mÉÆn). Similarly, the word for ā€˜beard’ is shared by the Central group (Longzhou mum) and the Northern group (Buyei mum) but is replaced by another word in the Southwestern group (Thai nùat). In another instance the term for ā€˜knife’ is shared by the Southwestern…

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    …in the Northern dialects (Buyei mÉÆn). Similarly, the word for ā€˜beard’ is shared by the Central group (Longzhou mum) and the Northern group (Buyei mum) but is replaced by another word in the Southwestern group (Thai nùat). In another instance the term for ā€˜knife’ is shared by the Southwestern…

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