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Prai people

FieldValue
groupPhai
population51,000
popplaceLaos, Thailand
langsPhai; Lao and/or Thai as second languages
relsAnimism, Theravada Buddhism
relatedMal

The Phai are an ethnic group in Thailand and Laos. They are one of two sub-groups of the Lua people (the other one being the Mal).

Name Variation

The Phai are also commonly referred to as Prai, Phay, Thung Chan Pray, Kha Phay, and Pray. In Laos they are also referred to as Htin.

Language

The Phai speak a language also called Phai, which belongs to the Khmuic branch of Austroasiatic languages There are several dialects called Phai, that are sometimes hardly mutually intelligible.

Geographic Distribution

  • Population in Laos: 15,000 in Phongsali and Xaignabouli Provinces There are also dozens of Prai villages in Thailand.

References

References

  1. Joachim Schliesinger. (2003). "Ethnic Groups of Laos, Volume 1: Introduction and Overview". White Lotus.
  2. [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=LA Ethnologue report for Laos]
  3. Frank Proschan. "A Survey of Khmuic and Palaungic Languages in Laos and Vietnam". Pan-Asiatic Linguistics.
  4. Schliesinger, Joachim, ''Ethnic Groups of Laos, vol. 2'', {{ISBN. 974-480-036-4
  5. (2004). "The Prai of Northern Thailand: A sociolinguistic survey of a Mon-Khmer language". [[Mon-Khmer Studies]].
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