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, Thai, Isan, Lao, Shan, Ah
Tai Dong or Kam people of Guizhou, China, in traditional dresses, similar to the existing tribe in northern provinces of Thailand
Tai Lue or Dai Lue people in traditional costumes. They are also known as Xishuangbanna Dai, Sipsongpanna Tailurian and Tai Sipsongpanna
Bas-relief of the Siamese mercenaries in Angkor Wat, described as Syāṃ kuk. The Siamese would found their own kingdom in the thirteenth century and become a major rival of Angkor.
The Tai Dam are an ethnic minority predominantly from China, northwest Vietnam, Laos, Thailand. They are part of the Tai peoples and ethnically similar to the Thai from Thailand, the Lao from Laos and
A Tai Dam lady in Laomeng village, Jinping Miao, Yao, and Dai Autonomous County, Yunnan Province, China.
Traditional dwelling of the Tai Dam in the Mường Thanh Valley, northern Vietnam. The Vietnamese name Mường Thanh is from the local Tai form of Mueang Thaen, the 'City of the Gods' and the birthplace of Khun Burom in the Tai legends of Southeast Asia.