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Tai Long

Tai Long

9.9
A Tai language that people speak in Louangphabang Province, Laos
  • noun
translation icon : Tai Long
  • Linguists have documented the Tai Long language in Louangphabang Province of Laos.

Examples

  • Many people in that region speak Tai Long as their mother tongue.

  • The grammar of Tai Long shares similarities with other Tai languages.

  • The Tai Long language is unique to Laos.

  • Many people in Louangphabang speak Tai Long fluently.

  • Linguists have documented the Tai Long language in Louangphabang Province of Laos.

  • Many people in that region speak Tai Long as their mother tongue.

  • The grammar of Tai Long shares similarities with other Tai languages.

Surface Forms

Tai Long singular
Tai Longs plural

Morphology

Tai + Long

Knowing 'Tai' as a language branch makes it likely that a learner would infer 'Tai Long' refers to a Tai language or variety, so part of the meaning (family membership) is recoverable from the constituents. However, 'Long' here functions as a proper name with no transparent lexical contribution and the specific sense 'a branch spoken in Louangphabang, Laos' is not derivable from the parts, so the overall meaning is not fully predictable without prior exposure.

Etymology

Tai Long likely combines Tai, the bigger group of related languages, with Long, the name of a local group or place. So Tai Long simply means the 'Long' kind of Tai speech spoken in Louangphabang Province.