KRA DAI LANGUAGES 

I like how further down the languages retain their original numbers and are not influenced by Sinitic👍

As a native Penang Hokkien speaker, I understand every single word they speak! Perhaps because the numbering systems are quite similar (and also I undestand and speak Siamese/Malaysian Thai Language). Sawasdee Krab/Sabaidee 🙏🏼

I am a Thai who can understand Lao more than 90% and can read Lao script a little bit. The Thai and Lao languages have a high degree of mutual intelligibility by speaking.

It is a tonal and analytic language, similar to other Kra-Dai languages as well as to Chinese and Vietnamese.[4] Spoken Lao is mutually intelligible with Thai and Isan, fellow Southwestern Tai languages, to such a degree that their speakers are able to effectively communicate with one another speaking their respective languages. These languages are written with slightly different scripts but are linguistically similar and effectively form a dialect continuum.[5] Although there is no official standard, the Vientiane dialect became the de facto standard language in Lao PDR, and the Khonkaen dialect became the de facto standard language in Isan in the second half of the 20th century.

The reason why? Lao(Ai Lao) speak same language in Thailand. They are same roots family. Lao peoples have many dialect, sound and different words. If you go to Laos south north west East they are speaking different dialect and sound and use different words. But we are all Lao peoples As the Southwestern Tai-speaking peoples diverged, following paths down waterways, their dialects began to diverge into the various languages today, such as the Lao-Phuthai languages that developed along the Mekong River and includes Lao and its Isan sub-variety and the Chiang Saen languages which includes the Central Thai dialect that is the basis of Standard Thai. Despite their close relationship, there were several phonological divergences that drifted the languages apart with time such as the following examples:[10][11][12] PSWT *ml > Lao /m/, > Thai /l/ *mlɯn, 'slippery' > muen (ມື່ນ mun, /mɯ̄ːn/), > luen (ลื่น, /lɯ̂ːn/) PSWT *r (initial) > Lao /h/, > Thai /r/ *raːk, 'to vomit' > hak (ຮາກ, /hȃːk/), > rak (ราก, /râːk/) PSWT *ɲ > Lao /ɲ/, > Thai /j/ *ɲuŋ, 'mosquito' > nyung (ຍູງ, /ɲúːŋ/), > yung (ยุง, /jūŋ/) Similar influences and proximity allowed for both languages to converge in many aspects as well. Thai and Lao, although separated, passively influenced each other through centuries of proximity. For instance, the Proto-Southwestern Tai *mlɛːŋ has produced the expected Lao /m/ outcome maeng (ແມງ mèng, /mɛ́ːŋ/) and the expected Thai /l/ outcome laeng (แลง /lɛ̄ːŋ/), although this is only used in Royal Thai or restricted academic usage, with the common form malaeng (แมลง /máʔ lɛ̄ːŋ/), actually an archaic variant. In slang and relaxed speech, Thai also has maeng (แมง /mɛ̄ːŋ/), likely due to influence of Lao.[10] Thai and Lao also share similar sources of loan words. Aside from many of the deeply embedded Sinitic loan words adopted at various points in the evolution of Southwestern Tai at the periphery of Chinese influence, the Tais in Southeast Asia encountered the Khmer. Khmer loan words dominate all areas and registers of both languages and many are shared between them. Khmer loan words include body parts, urban living, tools, administration and local plants. The Thai, and likely the Lao, were able to make Khmer-style coinages that were later exported back to Khmer.[13] The heavy imprint of Khmer is shown in the genetics of Tai speakers, with samples from Thai and Isan people of Lao descent showing proof of both the Tai migration but also intermarriage and assimilation of local populations. Scholars such as Khanittanan propose that the deep genetic and linguistic impact of the autochthonous Khmer and their language indicates that the earliest days of Ayutthaya had a largely bilingual population.[14] Although evidence and research in Lao is lacking, major Lao cities were known to have been built atop existing Khmer settlements, suggesting assimilation of the locals. Isan and Lao commonly use a Khmer loan not found in Thai, khanong (ຂະໜົງ/ຂນົງ khanông, /kʰáʔ nŏŋ/), 'doorframe', from Khmer khnâng (ខ្នង, /knɑːŋ/), which means 'building', 'foundation' or 'dorsal ridge'.[13][15] Indic languages also pushed Thai and Lao closer together, particularly Sanskrit and Pali loan words that they share. Many Sanskrit words were adopted via the Khmer language, particularly concerning Indian concepts of astrology, astronomy, ritual, science, kingship, art, music, dance and mythology. New words were historically coined from Sanskrit roots just as European languages, including English, share Greek and Latin roots used for these purposes, such as 'telephone' from Greek roots τῆλε tēle, 'distant' and φωνή phōnē which was introduced in Thai as thorasap (โทรศัพท์, /tʰōː ráʔ sàp/) and spread to Isan as thorasap (ໂທຣະສັບ/ໂທລະສັບ thôrasap, /tʰóː lāʔ sáp/) from Sanskrit dura (दूर, /d̪ura/), 'distant', and śabda (शब्द, /ʃabd̪a/), 'sound'. Indic influences also came via Pali, the liturgical language of Theravada Buddhism.

Oh yeah keep this going, Andy! Your channel is such an international treasure and a living museum for all of the languages around the world. Plus your pronunciation of standard Thai (?) at the beginning was _s u b l i m e_ 😁✨ Btw, if you have the time to replenish your energy soon, would you do a video with subscribers, with their conlangs and stuff? Like comparing their numbers for example. I have several conlangs and really want to share to anyone who's interested hehe I believe that tons of your viewers are dedicated conlangers and have made a Neo-Babylonian empire of languages (pun intended), and it might be...you as well, Andy! Perhaps do this soon in the celebration of this channel, or anytime you wish 😄 Seribu thank you so much Andy, we're always with you! 💝🗺️✨

สบายดีครับ ขอบคุณที่ทำเรื่องนี้ขึ้นมา ชอบมากครับ love this Chanel from thai ❤️

How to count number says a lot about the relationships between languages / cultures. Even though the writing systems are completely different, saying ‘33’ or “20” in Thai is practically the same as in Cantonese or Korean. Language is surely a fascinating subject.

Omg i'm from Thailand thank you to make kra-dai language! You speak Thai it's very cute. You speak Thai very well🥰

Hi Andy can you please do the Austroasiatic languages

0:06 Oh hello I'm Chau chanboranya. I like your video from Cambodia......🤗

Can you do Austronesian languages next? I'm a native Filipino and I would love to see my language!

First generation American born to Tai Dam parents here! This was the first time I’ve learned about the language tree of my people (Tai Lue). Thanks for the content. Besides linguistics, do you have information on the history of these peoples? Or have sources?

There are more Tai language speakers in northern province of Steung Treng Cambodia also. You should include both of those Tai languages in Northwest Vietnam and Northern Cambodia!

Only the number one, Neng, is native Kra-Dai word, 2 - 10 is borrowed from Sino Tibeto Numbers 1. nùeng (Native Kra-Dai) 2. sŏng 双 Shuang/Sang 3. săm 三 San/Sam 4. sì 四 Si/See 5. hâ 五 Wu/Ngo/ 6. hòk 六 Liu/Liok 7. chèt 七 Chee/Chit 8. pàet 八 Ba/Pek/Pak 9. kâo 九 Jiu/Kau/Kiu 10. sìp 十 Shi/Sip/Tsap

You should include the Tai languages from northwestern of Vietnam.

Very good I am Thai 🙏🙏🙏♥️🥰

Please Andy, when you can find time do the Arawakan languages.

As an Austronesian speaker (Malay and Native Borneo languages), the Kra group gives me goosebumps with their sounds especially Ecun Buyang,Gabiao & Paha. Was Tai-Kradai part of Austronesian or vice versa? The possibility?

3:03 I am wondering if the number 6 and 10 had been influenced by Sino-Tibetan somehow in some of these languages? Also the number 5 which seems to be either ha, haa, ba or pa seems similar to "ba" in Boroic languages which falls under Tibeto-Burman but I have not seen it in other groups of Tibeto-Burman languages where most of them maybe nga, ngo or something similar, and sometimes something completely alien.

The ancestors of the Lao people were speakers of Southwestern Tai dialects that migrated from what is now southeastern China, specifically what is now Guangxi and northern Vietnam where the diversity of various Tai languages suggests an Urheimat. The Southwestern Tai languages began to diverge from the Northern and Central branches of the Tai languages, covered mainly by various Zhuang languages, sometime around 112 CE, but likely completed by the sixth century.[8] Due to the influx of Han Chinese soldiers and settlers, the end of the Chinese occupation of Vietnam, the fall of Jiaozhi and turbulence associated with the decline and fall of the Tang dynasty led some of the Tai peoples speaking Southwestern Tai to flee into Southeast Asia, with the small-scale migration mainly taking place between the eighth and twelfth centuries. The Tais split and followed the major river courses, with the ancestral Lao originating in the Tai migrants that followed the Mekong River

Middle Chinese influenced!!! So much like the southern-Min dialect/ hokkien.

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I like your videos Andy is more educational and animated on RU-vid you are my fan and always watching. 🙂

I’m Zhuang but unfortunately I know nothing, so I’m watching vids like these 😊

I'm Isan native speaker I live in Northeast Thailand , Isan language , if you want to know How is it ? Compare to Central Thai • Isan has Many Tonal , Intonation Than Standard Thai - Central thai Standard thai Speaking with Smooth tone Less Intonation or Tonal than Isan. ( Isan just like a Wave or Kite Floating on Sky .. ) • Speaking Fast and stubborn Or A bit Harsh accent ( Compared to Standard Thai) Sometimes it's sound like People fighting in Conversation But it's Natural accent. That We're spoken here. Anyway , It's has it own stereotypes As Amusing and Exciting language. For jokes , For Fun • There's many unique words That different from Standard Thai ( Of course , it's Similar to Laotian language ) Others. // - It's has it own image as Amusing language. - In many comedian movies, You can find it. - Isan is Very Popular here, It's Appears alot on Media , TV , Social Media , You can find it. - It's Contains with 20 millions speaker. Almost half of thai people. Make it , Isan is a Large number of Speakers , After Central thai in Thailand. And a lot of Isan People live in Bangkok. ( Many people live in BKK is from Northeast Thailand ) You can Hear isan language around in Bangkok !! Even though you doesn't live in Northeast Thailand area .

The Zhuang counting sounds identical to my wife's dialect (sze-yap) being very "teeth on tongue" emphasis

Make a video about Mon-Khmer language please

Well made, Andy. I love your voice. ❤️

Lao, sometimes referred to as Laotian (ລາວ, [láːw] 'Lao' or ພາສາລາວ, [pʰáː sǎː láːw] 'Lao language'), is a Kra-Dai language of the Lao people. It is spoken in Laos, where it is the official language for around 7 million people, as well as in northeast Thailand, where it is used by around 23 million people, usually referred to as Isan. Lao serves as a lingua franca among the citizens of Laos, who also speak approximately 90 other languages, many of which are unrelated to Lao

Hi Andy,! I really like 👍 all if your wonderful language vids that you make each day so I was thinking that can I make an Playlist where some of your vids are? 😀 *Just Permission*

Thank you for the amazing video! Keep them coming!

Actually 1,2 in Thai we have two types If it more than 10 / 1 gonna pronounces èt such as 11 pronounces sìp-èt not sìp-nùeng and 2 when it on the first number( 20-29 ) it gonna pronounces yí such as 21 pronounces yí sìp èt

Kradai counting system really got heavily influenced by the Sino-Tibetan family.

Generally there are a lot of Ahom people in Kra-dai language videos. Where are they all today?

My ex girlfriend spoke Zhuang, from Guiyang province. BTW, I know that at the end of words, numbers often mean the types of tone inflections (ex. 2, 4, 5). But some words have multiple numbers?! Is it fifty-two 53 or you read it as five and three (5, 3)? Really crazy if some languages have over 53 or 411 inflections! Or perhaps I’m misunderstanding 😅

KRA-DAI languages numbers: Thai Tai Lue Laotian Shan Zhuang Bouyei Ong Be Lakkia Cun Hlai Kam Sui Mulam Maonan Ecun Buyang Qabiao Paha Gelao Lachi

Can you make a video on African languages like Amharic, Zulu, Masai, Bantu etc. I want to learn them. I am from Assam.

The Lao language falls within the Lao-Phuthai group of languages, including its closest relatives, Phuthai (BGN/PCGN Phouthai) and Tai Yo. Together with Northwestern Tai-which includes Shan, Ahom and most Dai languages of China, the Chiang Saen languages-which include Standard Thai, Khorat Thai, and Tai Lanna-and Southern Tai form the Southwestern branch of Tai languages. Lao (including Isan) and Thai, although they occupy separate groups, are mutually intelligible and were pushed closer through contact and Khmer influence, but all Southwestern Tai languages are mutually intelligible to some degree. The Tai languages also include the languages of the Zhuang, which are split into the Northern and Central branches of the Tai languages. The Tai languages form a major division within the Kra-Dai language family, distantly related to other languages of southern China, such as the Hlai and Be languages of Hainan and the Kra and Kam-Sui languages on the Chinese Mainland and in neighbouring regions of northern Vietnam

Your Thai language so good

You should include the Tai languages of Northeast India.

Please go for Avestan on the next video! 👍🏻

Hello👋 i am from laos 🇱🇦✌️

sam (3) and si (4) ... are similar to some southern chinese languages, arent they?

Guys tai ahom language is tai kra dai language yes or no ?

7 of zhuang should be ɕat or ive mistaken?

Shared.

gooooood job andy

these numerals seem to be largely loans from Sino-Tibetan. can you do one with Kra-Dai retentions?

Interesting because krai language still have tai-kadai numeral while others use sino numeral.

As a chaozhounese {teochew}, number 4 7 and 9 are identical to kradai. Wow. I guess, teochew somehow was influenced by kradai.

OMG You can speak Thai. By the way, I'm Thai, really😃😹 สุดยอดมากเลยครับ.

kra language (numbers) looks like Austronesian languages, especially the numbers 1,4,5,6,7

I wonder if Andy is AI or human? If she is human, then she is genieus in language

Yes, there is a theory that Kra-Dai may be distantly related to Austronesian languages

WOW🇹🇭

Number 7,8 in Mulam sounds exactly like 7,8 in Sino-Vietnamese. We tend to use our native numeric system more than the Sino one. Sino-Vietnamese number is only used in some special cases. It seems like the Tai-Dai branch use middle Chinese influenced numeric system casually

can you do khasi-palaungic

1. The numbers 3 and 4 seem to come from China. I wonder if the kra-dai languages have also imported tetraphobia along with the name for the number 4? 2. Lmao why is the sui speaker screaming 3. The kam-sui branch also seems to share numbers 5 and 6 with Japan, is that also Chinese influence?

I like your videos💖💖

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A lot of the counting sounds very close to Cantonese and probably influenced by ancient Chinese...

There's no Tai-Ahom?

It seems kra numbers are quite similar to Austronesian

The first time I’m 1 minutes early! :0

Kra numbers have similarities to Austronesian numbers

Love

I couldn't find Thai language video in your channel, maybe you didn't make it?

Andy, you are a Pinay and you cannot deny You're talagang cute naman...

Can someone explain the superscript in the way the languages are written?

Also myanmar

antarctic and all native american languages pls

I’m so proud that didn’t think still have tai language outside border my land.

ฟังภาษาลาวออก มากถึง90% โดยที่ไม่ต้องเรียนภาษาลาว ภาษาไทยและลาว แทบจะเป็นภาษาเดียวกัน และเรารู้ว่า ในเวียดนามบางส่วน ก็พูดภาษา tai-kradai ด้วย

Next : Vietic pls 🙏

Body parts are also almost the same.

Yas

Your introduction phrase uses the male personal pronoun and male polite particle. 😆

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Interesting!

5:28 and play with 0.5 speed...

I’m lanna in Thailand.

THAILAND🇹🇭

When Ugro-Finnic languages?

Tai-Kra Dai

Im thai ok

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You forgot Lan na language

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Thai vietnam ( thai dam thai don thai daeng ) kon thai ( tay)

แอร๊ยยยยยยย มาแล้วค่ะ

สวัสดีครับคนไทยนะครับ🙏

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สวัสดี.

But they have differnt words for men or women in thai

Why do they look so similar to the japanese numbers?

คนไทยค่ะ คุณพูดชัดนะ

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