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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 38. Chapters: Lhoba, Mon people, Lao people, Rakhine people, Chakma people, Shan people, Bamar, Monpa people, Tai Phake, Yugur, Bai people, Lepcha people, Singpho people, Sherdukpen people, Bhutia, Khamti people, Tamang, Barua, Khowa people, Ngac'ang, De'ang, Khamyang people, Pear people, Khorat Thai, Lao Krang, Na people, Lao Ga, Nyaw people, Tai Bueng, Lishipa tribe, Chugpa tribe, Lao Lom, Zekhring people, Khamba people, Kaleun people, Ugong. Excerpt: The Lao (Lao:, Isan:, IPA: la w) are an ethnic subgroup of Tai/Dai in Southeast Asia. The etymology of the word Lao is uncertain, although it may be related to tribes known as the Ai Lao (Lao:, Isan:, Chinese: pinyin: ilao, Vietnamese: ai lao) who appear in Han Dynasty records in China and Vietnam as a people of what is now Yunan Province. Tribes descended from the Ai Lao included the Tai tribes that migrated to Southeast Asia. The English word Laotian, used interchangeably with Lao in most contexts, comes from French laotien/laotienne. The Lao people, like many other Tai peoples also refer to themselves as Tai (Lao:, Isan:, IPA: t aj) and more specifically Tai Lao (, ). In Thailand, the local Lao people are differentiated from the Lao of Laos and by the Thais by the term Thai Isan (Lao:, Isan:, IPA: i: s: n), a Sanskrit-derived term meaning northeast, but 'Lao' is still used. According to a shared legend amongst various Tai tribes, a possibly mythical king, Khun Borom Rachathiriat (,, ) of Mueang Thaen (,, ) (modern-day i n Bien Ph ) begot several sons that settled and ruled other mueang, or city-states, across South-East Asia and southern China. Descended from ancient peoples known to the Chinese as the Yue and the Ai Lao, the Tai tribes began migrating into South-Eas...
