英文摘要 |
This paper is to present a short description of Tai Lü language and to clarify its position in the Southwestern branch of the Tai languages, which consists of Siamese (Thai), Lao, Shan, Khün, Tai Noir, Tay Blanc (Minot), etc. Tai Lü is spoken in the southern part of Yunnan, China, and, to a small extent in the northern part of Laos. This group forms a semi-independent state in China with an area of about 2500 sq. kilometers and an estimated population of about two hundred thousand of which about forty per cent consists of other ethnic groups. |