Tai Laing language

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Tai Laing
Tai Lai
Tai Nai
Native to Burma
Region Kengtung
Native speakers ≈ 100,000  (date missing)
Language family
Tai–Kadai
Writing system own script
Language codes
ISO 639-3 tjl

Tai Laing, pronounced Tai Lai or regionally Tai Nai, is a Tai language of Burma, related to Khamti. It has its own script, but this is not taught in schools. There is no census of speakers, but they are estimated to number around 100,000.

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