Not knowing very much about the Tai script I consulted some Chinese reference
books to see how the Chinese designate the Tai script.
The "Languages and Scripts" volume of the _Ci Hai_ encyclopaedia (Shanghai,
1978) states that there are four main script traditions used for writing the Dai
(= Tai)
"Nuea" (เหนือ) indeed means "north" or "northern" in the standard Central
Thai
language, whereas I believe "le" is the way northerners pronounce the same
word.
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online Thai-English dictionary from NECTEC:
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Gedney says "nuea"/"nü" is a Thai word for 'north/northern' ... looks
as if the syllable in this name gets written many different ways ...
le, lu, lü, lüe, lue, nü, nüa, nüe, neua, nuea ... at least it's
possibly the same syllable.
Here are some references:
Gedney, William J. 1976. "Notes on T
At 11:16 -0700 2003-09-11, Richard Cook wrote:
Well, "Le" is a Chinese (Mandarin) syllable, while "NÜA" is not ...
They wrote "Le" in Tai Le script.
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On Thursday, Sep 11, 2003, at 10:45 US/Pacific, Michael Everson wrote:
At 10:02 -0700 2003-09-11, Richard Cook wrote:
I'm guessing that "Tai Le" would be the exonym (Chinese name), while
"TAI NÜA" is the autonym.
Don't guess. The Chinese name is Dehong Dai.
Well, "Le" is a Chinese (Mandarin) syl
At 10:02 -0700 2003-09-11, Richard Cook wrote:
I'm guessing that "Tai Le" would be the exonym
(Chinese name), while "TAI NÜA" is the autonym.
Don't guess. The Chinese name is Dehong Dai.
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Michael Everson * * Everson Typography * * http://www.evertype.com
On Thursday, Sep 11, 2003, at 09:42 US/Pacific, Michael Everson wrote:
At 11:04 -0400 2003-09-11, Patrick Andries wrote:
Does TAI LE, encoded in Unicode 4.0, refer to the same language as
TAI NÜA ?
Yes.
If so, isn't TAI NÜA the most frequently used form of this language ?
According to the Ethnol
At 11:04 -0400 2003-09-11, Patrick Andries wrote:
Does TAI LE, encoded in Unicode 4.0, refer to the same language as TAI NÜA ?
Yes.
If so, isn't TAI NÜA the most frequently used form of this language ?
According to the Ethnologue it is. According to
the Chinese experts who transcribed the name
w
Does TAI LE, encoded in Unicode 4.0, refer to the same language as TAI NÜA ?
If so, isn't TAI NÜA the most frequently used form of this language ?
P. Andries
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