Northern Thai people

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Tai Yuan
Total population
6 million[1]
Regions with significant populations
Thailand
Languages

Northern Thai, Thai

Religion

Theravada Buddhism

Related ethnic groups

Tai peoples

The Northern Thai people, also called khon mueang (ฅนเมือง, [xon˧ mɯːəŋ˧]) or tai yuan (ไทยวน, [taj˧ ɲuːən˧]) are the people of northern Thailand, the former kingdom of Lanna.

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References [edit]

  1. ^ Lewis, M. Paul (ed.), 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Sixteenth edition. Entry for Northern Thai Dallas, Tex.: SIL International.