Mal language

Mal, also known as Thin, is a Mon–Khmer language of Laos and Thailand. It is one of several closely related languages which go by the names Thin or Prai.

Mal
Thin
Native toLaos, Thailand
EthnicityMal
Native speakers
(26,000 cited 1982 – 1995 census)[1]
Austroasiatic
Language codes
ISO 639-3mlf
Glottologmall1246[2]

Tayten (300 speakers as of 1995) is spoken in the 2 villages of Ban Phia and Ban Tenngiou in Pakxeng District, Luang Prabang Province, Laos. It is either Thin or Tai Then.[3]

References

  1. Mal at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Mal". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. http://asiaharvest.org/wp-content/themes/asia/docs/people-groups/Laos/Tayten.jpg


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