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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: 31. Chapters: Tai-Kadai languages, Lao people, Ahom-Mughal conflicts, Shan people, Yuanyang County, Yunnan, Zhuang people, Thai people, Ahom people, Dai people, Burmese Malays, Tai ethnic groups in Southeast Asia, Tay people, Tai ethnic groups in China, Buyei, Khorat Thai, Nung people, Lao Wieng, Lao Krang, Lao Song, Lao Ga, Nyaw people, Tai Bueng, Phuan, White Tai, Red Tai, Kam-Tai languages, Saek people, Taineua, Lao Lom, Lu people, Tip Htila, Thai Yuan, Burmese-Tai. 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...
