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The number Sip Song is Tai language for twelve, as with Thai "twelve" (12, ๑๒, สิบสอง, sip song, Thai pronunciation: [sìp sɔ̌ːŋ]). A parallel etymology with the number twelve can also be found in the place name Sip Song Panna (Xishuangbanna) in China. Chau is land (similar to sino-Vietnamese 州 and not to be confused with ...
727. Preceded by. Shōgun. (in chronology of Asian Saga) Followed by. Gai-Jin. Tai-Pan is a 1966 novel written by James Clavell about European and American traders who move into Hong Kong in 1842 following the end of the First Opium War. It is the second book in Clavell's Asian Saga, and the first to feature the fictional Struan family.
The International Taoist Tai Chi Society (Chinese: 國際道家太極拳社) is an umbrella organization for the governance of its member associations around the world, which are dedicated to the teaching of Taoist Tai Chi. As of 2007, the organization had 40,000 members, including 15,000 in Canada, and was present in 26 countries. [1]
Tai Dam means "Black Tai". This name comes from the black clothing worn by the group, especially females. In Vietnam they are called Thái Đen and are included in the group of the Thái people, together with the Thái Đỏ ("Red Tai"), Thái Trắng ("White Tai"), Phu Thai, Tày Thanh and Thái Hàng Tổng. The group of the Thái people is ...
Tai 4 Ch'i 2. Katherine Chi Tai (born March 18, 1974) [2][3] is an American attorney serving as the 19th United States Trade Representative since March 18, 2021. The daughter of mainland Chinese immigrants (waishengren) from Taiwan, she is the first Asian American [4] to serve in the position. A member of the Democratic Party, she previously ...
Tai Dón is classified as belonging to the Tai-Kadai language group, located in the Tai languages and Southwestern Tai languages subgroups. Geographical distribution [ edit ] In China, White Tai (Tai Khaw 傣皓) people are located in the following townships of Yunnan province, with about 40,000 people (Gao 1999).
Tai Phake people. Tai Phake, also known as Phakial or simply Phake, belong to the Tai -speaking indigenous ethnic group living in Dibrugarh district and Tinsukia district of Assam, principally along the areas of Dihing river as well as adjacent parts of Lohit and Changlang district in Arunachal Pradesh. [1] As of 1990, their population stood at ...
taid1248. Tai Yo ( Thai: ไทญ้อ ), also known as Tai Mène and Nyaw ( Thai: ไตเมือง ), is a Tai language of Southeast Asia. It is closely related to Tai Pao of Vietnam, where it may have originated. It was once written in a unique script, the Tai Yo script, but that is no longer in use. [1] The language is known ...