Mal language (original) (raw)

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Austroasiatic language spoken in Laos and Thailand

Mal
Thin
Native to Laos, Thailand
Ethnicity Mal
Native speakers (26,000 cited 1982 – 1995 census)[1]
Language family Austroasiatic KhmuicMal–PhraiMal
Language codes
ISO 639-3 mlf
Glottolog mall1246

Mal, also known as Thin or T'in, is a Mon–Khmer language of Laos and Thailand. It is one of several closely related languages which go by the names Thin or Prai.

Tayten (300 speakers as of 1995) is spoken in the 2 villages of Ban Phia and Ban Tenngiou in Pakxeng District, Luang Prabang Province, Laos. It is either Thin or Tai Then.[2]

  1. ^ Mal at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Tayten