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QUICK FACTS:
People groups: 68
Population: 11,033,275
Unreached people groups: 62
UPG population: 10,633,875
Unengaged UPGs: 39
UUPG population: 3,436,675
Number of countries: 7
Affinity Bloc: Southeast Asian Peoples
Overview: Tai peoples are culturally and genetically similar and are primarily identified through their language. The Tai-Kadai languages are a family of highly tonal languages spoken in southern China and Southeast Asia. The Tai people cluster encompasses ethnolinguistic groups from two branches of the Tai-Kadai language family: Kadai and Kam-Tai.
Peoples within this cluster: Cai; Cao Lan; Cun; Dong, Northern; Dong, Southern; E (Eahua); Fuma; Gelao, White; Hkun; Hongjin Tai; Lachi; Laha; Maonan; Mo; Mulao; Mulao Jia; Nyaw, Tai Nyo; Phu Tai; Phuan; Pu Peo; Pubiao; Saek; Shui; Shui, Yunnan; Tai Daeng, Red Tai; Tai Dam; Tai Don, White Tai; Tai He; Tai Hongjin; Tai Kaleun; Tai Khang; Tai Laan; Tai Leng; Tai Lu; Tai Mao; Tai Men; Tai Nua; Tai Peung; Tai Pong; Talu; Tayten; Ya; Yong; Yoy
Countries where they are found: China; France; Laos; Myanmar; Thailand; United States; Vietnam
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