Concept information
Preferred term
shnShan
Type
-
Language
Definition
- The Shan language (, or , ; , ; ) is the native language of Shan people and spoken mostly in Shan State, Burma. It is also used in pockets of Kachin State in Burma, in northern Thailand, and in Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China. Shan is a member of the Tai–Kadai language family, and is related to Thai. It has five tones, which do not correspond exactly to Thai tones, plus a "sixth tone" used for emphasis. It is called Tai Yai, or Tai Long in the Tai languages. The term "Shan" is an exonym believed to be a Burmese derivative of "Siam".
Entry terms
- Shan language
ISO 639-2 Bibliographical code
- shn
ISO 639-2 Terminological code
- shn
ISO 639-3 code
- shn
Notation
- shn
In other languages
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shan
French
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chan
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Schan-Sprache
German
-
shan
Italian
-
Portuguese
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Língua shan
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shan
Spanish
URI
http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/shn
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