Pa Di language

Pa Di [pa31 zi31] is a Southwestern Tai language of the Chinese–Vietnamese border. There are about 300 Pa Di speakers in Muong Khuong District, Lao Cai Province, Vietnam, who are classified as ethnic Tày by the Vietnamese government.^[2] Pa Di tonal splits are similar to those of Standard Thai.

NativetoChina, Vietnam

Native speakers

(undated figure of 1,300)^[1]

Language family

Kra–Dai

• Tai
  • Southwestern (Thai)
    • ?
      • Pa Di

ISO 639-3pdi

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Pa Di
Native to	China, Vietnam
Native speakers	(undated figure of 1,300)[1]
Language family	Kra–Dai Tai Southwestern (Thai) ? Pa Di
Language codes
ISO 639-3	pdi
Glottolog	padi1241
ELP	Pa Di

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Jerold Edmondson^[2] reports about 300 speakers. However, Bùi Quốc Khánh (2013) reports 3,000 Pa Dí people living in 19 natural villages in Mường Khương, Tung Trung Phố, and Nậm Chảy communes of Mường Khương District.

In China, Pa Di is spoken in Hekou Yao Autonomous County and Jinping Miao, Yao and Dai Autonomous County, Honghe Prefecture, Yunnan.