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Definition of Tai Dam
1. Noun. A branch of the Tai languages.
Definition of Tai Dam
1. Proper noun. A Tai-Kadai (Kradai) language spoken by 700,000 people in Vietnam, Thailand, Laos and China written in its own unique script, closely related to Lao and northern Thai. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tai Dam
Literary usage of Tai Dam
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Laos of North Siam by Lillian Johnson Curtis (1903)
"Ka Mu (many varieties) 11. Ka Hawk 12. Ka La Met 1.3. Tai Kao 14. Tai Dam 15.
Tai Moi (a) Wild Wah (b) Buddhist Wah and Sam ..."
2. Gazetteer of Upper Burma and the Shan States by James George Scott, John Percy Hardiman (1900)
"Snakes are only regularly eaten by the Tai Dam (the Black Shans) of the Trans-
Mekhong country, who prefer them to any other form of diet, ..."
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