Description
อ่านม่วน ภาษาเมืองล้านนา by Nara Rinthima / Northern Thai - Lanna language christian story book for children / Paperback
Paperback
ISBN: 9789746701624 / 978-9746701624
ISBN-10: 9746701622
LANGUAGE: Norther Thai / Lanna
Northern Thai (Thai: ภาษาไทยถิ่นเหนือ, ภาษาถิ่นพายัพ); Kam Mueang (Northern Thai: ᨣᩴᩤᨾᩮᩬᩥᨦ, กำเมือง pronounced [käm˧.mɯa̯ŋ˧] ), (Thai: คำเมือง pronounced [kʰām.mɯ̄a̯ŋ]) or Lanna (Thai: ภาษาล้านนา) is the language of the Northern Thai people of Lanna, Thailand. It is a Southwestern Tai language that is closely related to Lao. Kam Mueang has approximately six million speakers, most of whom live in the native Northern Thailand, with a smaller community of Lanna speakers in northwestern Laos.
Speakers of this language generally consider the name "Tai Yuan" to be pejorative. They refer to themselves as khon mueang (คนเมือง, [xon˧.mɯa̯ŋ˧] - literally "Mueang people"), Lanna, or Northern Thai. The language is also sometimes referred to as phayap (พายัพ, Thai pronunciation: [pʰāː.jáp]), "Northwestern (speech)".
