Tai peoples are the populations who speak the Tai languages. There are a total of about 93 million people of Tai ancestry worldwide, with the largest ethnic groups being Dai, Thais, Isan, Tai Yai (Shan),Tai Lai (Shanni), Lao, Tai Ahom, Tai Meitei and Northern Thai peoples.
Tai-Dong people of Guizhou, China, in traditional dresses, similar to the existing tribe in northern provinces of Thailand
This Image believes of Siamese mercenaries in Angkor Wat. Later found as Khasi (Mon-Khmer) the Siamese name by western 16 th centur. Tai created their own kingdom later 13th century.
The Dai people are several Tai-speaking ethnic groups living in the Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture and the Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture of China's Yunnan Province. The Dai people form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. By extension, the term can apply to groups in Laos, Vietnam, Thailand and Myanmar when Dai is used to mean specifically Tai Yai, Lue, Chinese Shan, Tai Dam, Tai Khao or even Tai in general. For other names, see the table below.
1962 photograph of a Dai girl weaving silk in Dehong Prefecture, Yunnan
Wat Rong Ngae is a Thai Lue temple in Pua District, Nan Province
Dai containers (silver). Metalwork in the Yunnan Provincial Museum.
Dai Buddhist text. Manuscripts / writing systems in the Yunnan Nationalities Museum
