Shan

Alternate Names

Shan, Burmese Shan, Great Thai, “Ngeo” (pej.), “Ngiao” (pej.), “Ngiaw” (pej.), “Ngio” (pej.), “Ngiow” (pej.), Sam, Sha, Shan Bama, Shan Gyi, Tai Long, Tai Luang, Tai Shan, Tai Yai, Tai-Lon, Thai Yai

Identifiers
ISO code

shn

Glottocode

shan1277

Metadata
Countries of origin

Myanmar

Also spoken in

Myanmar

Writing systems

Myanmar (Burmese)

Linguistic genealogy

Tai-Kadai

EGIDS Status

3 - Wider communication

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