Yong language

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Yong
Nyong
Native toThailand
Native speakers
13,000 (2000)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3yno
Glottologyong1277

Yong is a Southwestern Tai language of Thailand. It is used by Tai Yong people, posterities of Tai Lue people from Xishuangbanna,China and Keng Tung, Myanmar.

Further Reading

  • Wangsai, Piyawat. 2007. A Comparative Study of Phonological Yong and Northern Thai Language (Kammuang). M.A. thesis. Kasetsart University.

References

  1. ^ Yong at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)