ภาษาไทย
ພາສາລາວ
The Thai-Lao-Phutai-Taidam
wordlist below was make by Asger Mollerup in 1998 when studying
comparative linguistics as a part of his preparations for the
Thai-Isan-Lao Phrasebook (White Lotus, 2000).
The main reason for the list was to compare Phutai and
Tai Dam in order to see how closely the two languages were related. The
author tentatively concluded that Phutai and Tai Dam are two different
but related languages. Phutai has no diphthongs (combined vowels), Tam
Dam has (e.g. 'wife', 'cow', and 'boat'). Both languages tend to elude
final-k after a long vowel (e.g. 'child'). Tonal systems were not
compared.
The Phutai groups in NE-Thailand (Isan) were re-settled
from southern Laos in the middle of the 19th century. At some unknown
time in history they migrated southwards from an original habitat,
probably Sip Song Chu Tai in NW-Vietnam, which still hosts Tai Dam
groups.

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