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{{short description|Austroasiatic language spoken in Myanmar and China}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Tai Loi
|nativename=Mong Lue
|states=Burma, Laos
|speakers= {{sigfig|4960|2}}
|date=1995–2008
|ref=e18
|familycolor=Austroasiatic 
|fam2=Khasi–Palaungic
|fam3=Palaungic
|fam4=(various)
|iso3=tlq
}}

'''Tai Loi''', also known as '''Mong Lue''', refers to various Palaungic languages spoken mainly in Burma, with a few hundred in Laos and some also in China. Hall (2017) reports that ''Tai Loi'' is a cover term meaning 'mountain Tai' in Shan, and refers to various [[Social:Angkuic languages|Angkuic]], [[Social:Waic languages|Waic]], and Western Palaungic languages rather than a single language or branch. The Shan exonym ''Tai Loi'' can refer to:

*''Western Palaungic'' branch: [[Social:Palaung language|De'ang]]
*''Lametic'' branch: Lamet
*''[[Social:Angkuic languages|Angkuic]]'' branch: Muak Sa-aak, Mok
*''[[Social:Waic languages|Waic]]'' branch
**[[Social:Wa language|Wa]]: Meung Yum, Savaiq, etc.
**[[Social:Blang language|Plang]]: Phang, Kontoi, Pang Pung, etc.

Additionally, Ethnologue (21st edition),<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.ethnologue.com/country/LA/languages |title = Laos}}</ref> citing Schliesinger (2003), lists '''Doi''' as a Tai Loi variety in Ban Muang, Sing District, Luang Namtha Province, Laos as a nearly extinct language variety spoken by an ethnic group comprising 600 people and 80 households as of 2003. Schliesinger (2003) reports that elderly Doi speakers can understand the Samtao language.<ref>Schliesinger, Joachim. 2003. Ethnic Groups of Laos. Vol. 2: Austro-Asiatic-Speaking Peoples. Bangkok: White Lotus Press.</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}
*Hall, Elizabeth. 2017. [https://evols.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/10524/52409/1/D03Hall2017linguistics.pdf On the Linguistic Affiliation of 'Tai Loi']. JSEALS vol. 10.2:xix-xxii.

{{Languages of Burma}}
{{Austro-Asiatic languages}}

[[Category:Languages of China]]



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