Isaan, the language, is closely related to Lao, and might be considered one of the Lao dialects. It is a more difficult argument, and ultimately becomes a political argument, that Isaan is a dialect of Central Thai, both from a linguistic and historical perspective.
It has been decades since I read up on this, but I believe it was Marvin Brown, of AUA fame, who postulated that there were several distinct migrations of Tai into Southeast Asia from southern China accounting for the different Tai languages in modern Thailand. An early migration included the Shan, who were seen as the larger group by following migrating Tai groups who then referred to the established Shans as the Tai Yai. Other migrations are postulated that led to the development of Southern Thai, Cental Thai, and the northen languages.
Northern Thai, Kham Muang, from my subjective view, is closer to the Lao langauges than it is to Central Thai, but is not a dialect of either of those two Tai languages. Not only are the Lao-Isaan-Khon Muang closer to each other linguistically, but the speakers share some cultural attributes that distinguish them for the Central Thai, the most prominent being the preferred rice they eat, sticky rice
Isaan, the language, is closely related to Lao, and might be considered one of the Lao dialects. It is a more difficult argument, and ultimately becomes a political argument, that Isaan is a dialect of Central Thai, both from a linguistic and historical perspective.It has been decades since I read up on this, but I believe it was Marvin Brown, of AUA fame, who postulated that there were several distinct migrations of Tai into Southeast Asia from southern China accounting for the different Tai languages in modern Thailand. An early migration included the Shan, who were seen as the larger group by following migrating Tai groups who then referred to the established Shans as the Tai Yai. Other migrations are postulated that led to the development of Southern Thai, Cental Thai, and the northen languages.Northern Thai, Kham Muang, from my subjective view, is closer to the Lao langauges than it is to Central Thai, but is not a dialect of either of those two Tai languages. Not only are the Lao-Isaan-Khon Muang closer to each other linguistically, but the speakers share some cultural attributes that distinguish them for the Central Thai, the most prominent being the preferred rice they eat, sticky rice
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