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Tai Lue people

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Tai Lue
ᦺᦑᦟᦹᧉ
Tai Lue people in traditional costumes
Total population
556,000+
Regions with significant populations
China(Xishuangbanna), Burma (Myanmar),Laos,Thailand(Northern Thailand) and Vietnam (Lai Châu Province)
China280,000 (2000) classified asDai
Laos126,229 (2015) classified as Lue[1]
Thailand1,000,000 (2001) classified asThai Lue
Burma60,000 (2013) classified asShan
Vietnam6,757 (2019) classified as Lự[2]
United States4,000 (1998)[3]
Languages
Tai Lü•Chinese•Burmese•Laotian•Thai•Northern Thai•Vietnamese
Religion
Tai folk religion[4]Buddhism
Related ethnic groups
Tai peoplesShan peopleTai Nuea

TheTai Lü people(Tai Lue:ᦺᦑᦟᦹᧉ,Chinese:Thái lặc,Dǎi lè,Lao:ລື້,Lư̄,Thai:ไทลื้อ,RTGS:Thai Lue,Vietnamese:Người Lự) are an ethnic group ofChina,Laos,Thailand,BurmaandVietnam.They speak aSouthwestern Tai language.

Etymology

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The wordLü(ລື້) is similar to theLao peoplein theTai Lü language.Tai Lü can be written asTai Lue, Dai LeandDai Lue.They are also known asXishuangbanna Dai,SipsongpannaTailurianandTai Sipsongpanna.The wordLue(Thai:เหนือTai Lue:ᦟᦹᧉ) in theTai languagesmeans "north", thus their ethnonym meansNorthern Taiwhich they share withTai Nua people.

Distribution

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In Vietnam, most Lu live inLai Châu Provinceand their population was 5,601 in 2009. In China, they are officially recognized as part of theDaiethnic group. The 2000 census counted about 280,000 Dai people speaking Lü language. The population in Thailand, where they are calledThai Lue(Thai:ไทลื้อ), was in 2001 estimated to be approximately 83,000.[5]Most Thai Lue in Thailand live inNan,Chiang Rai,PhayaoandChiang Mai Province.They singkhap lue(Thai:ไทลื้อขับ,Thai pronunciation:[tʰaj˧lɯː˦˥kʰap̚˨˩]) and playpi mae(Thai:ปี่แม่) -free reedwind bamboo instrument.

In Vietnam, Lu are the indigenous people inMường Thanh( "Land of the God ofTai people",Tai Lü:muong theng). They had built Tam Vạn wall in Mường Thanh and managed there for 19 generations before Hoàng Công Chất, a Thái leader, came. Nowadays, nearly all Vietnamese Lu live in Lai Châu Province. The Lu take their father's last name and have the middle name Bạ (for males) and Ý (for females). Their religion isTheravadaBuddhism.

Tai Lü Kingdom

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Names Capital
Tseng Mai ThailandChiang Mai,Chiang Mai Province,Thailand
Tseng Hai ThailandChiang Rai,Chiang Rai Province,Thailand
Tseng Hung ChinaJinghong,Yunnan Province,China
Xieng Thong LaosLuang Prabang,Luang Prabang Province,Laos
Tseng Tung MyanmarKengtung,Shan State,Myanmar
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References

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  1. ^"Results of Population and Housing Census 2015"(PDF).Lao Statistics Bureau.Retrieved1 May2020.
  2. ^"Report on Results of the 2019 Census".General Statistics Office of Vietnam.Retrieved1 May2020.
  3. ^Tai Lue,Infomekong
  4. ^Placzek, Kanittanan, James, Wilaiwan (1986). "Historical and contemporary meaning of Thai khwan: The use of lexical meaning change as an indicator of cultural change".Religion, Values, and Development in Southeast Asia.Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. pp. 146–166.ISBN978-9971-988-20-3.{{cite book}}:CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ^Johnstone and Mandryk 2001; cited in"Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Online version"(18th ed.). SIL International.
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