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I think Tai shouldn't really redirect here. Tai refers to the Tai peoples (speakers of Tai languages) which we should have something on. I'll write it some day. Markalexander100 05:51, 13 Aug 2004 (UTC)

I agree with above. "Tai" should have a disambiguation page pointing to "Tai Languages" and "Tai People" and "Tai history" as well. I have already set up a history category. I'llbe writing a general page onTai history next week with citations. There is already alot out there on general Tai history n the Lao history pages, but the facts are not backed up with citations (Jonfernquest 15:54, 7 August 2006 (UTC))

Contents 1 Language names? 2 Malayalam 3 Thai languages 4 Vietnam

[edit] Language names?

Where does this classification and the language names come from? Does it make sense to include so many links that lead nowhere? I don't know much about the Tai languages spoken in other countries, but for those spoken in China according to this article, I can say that the terminology is - well, at least very unusual; neither used in China nor by scholars abroad that I am aware of. Babelfisch; August 17th, 2004

[edit] Malayalam

Malayalam is a Dravidian language. What is the change by 216.93.228.6 supposed to mean? Babelfisch; February 1st, 2005

[edit] Thai languages

Thai language should be the most suitable because it also refers to a variety of languages that are used in Thailand. iampad

No. Thai languages refers to languages spoken in Thailand (we should have an article on that, but it should be at Languages of Thailand. Tai languages refers to a linguistic group. Henry^Flower 06:07, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

I totally agreed with Henry. I was confused at the time. --Iampad (talk) 00:46, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Vietnam

The San Chay people of Vietnam seem to be missing from this article, for some reason. Badagnani 19:47, 4 November 2007 (UTC)