Glottolog 5.2

AES status:: not endangered
Source:: David M. Eberhard and Gary F. Simons and Charles D. Fennig 2025
Comment:: Shan (shn-shn) = 5* (Dispersed).

Glottocode: shan1277
ISO 639-3: shn

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Alternative names

lexvo:: Chaneg [br]; Język szan [pl]; Língua shan [pt]; Shan [en]; Shan language [en]; chan [fr]; Šanų kalba [lt]; Шанский язык [ru]; ภาษาไทใหญ่ [th]; ພາສາໄທໃຫຍ່ [lo]; シャン語 [ja]; 掸语 [zh]
moseley & asher (1994):: Shan
multitree:: "Ngeo"; "Ngiao"; "Ngiaw"; "Ngio"; "Ngiow"; Great Thai; Mau; Sam; Sha; Sha(n); Shan; Tai Luang; Tai Shan; Tai Yai; Thai Yai
ruhlen (1987):: Shan
wals:: Shan
wals other:: Tai Shan; Taishan

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References ⇫

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Name	Title	Year	Pages	Doctype	Provider

Cushing, Josiah Nelson 1906	Elementary handbook of the Shan language	1906	276	grammar	hh, sala
Cushing, Josiah N. 1888	Elementary Handbook of the Shan Language	1888		grammar	cldf
Wanna Jantanakom 1983	A Description of the Tai Yai (Tai Aw) Languange in Mae Sai District, Chiang Rai Province	1983	334	grammar_sketch	hh
Aggasena Lengtai 2009	Shan phonology and morphology	2009	156	grammar_sketch	hh
Lev N. Morev 1983	Šanskij Jazyk	1983	132	grammar_sketch	hh, mpieva
Minh Thi Tuyet Pham 2006	Head-hunters and wild pigs: aspects of Mae Hong Son Shan narrative discourse	2006	170	specific_feature, grammar_sketch	hh
Tern Moeng, Sao 1995	Shan-English dictionary	1995	391	dictionary	mpieva
Hudak, Thomas J. 1994	William J. Gedney's Southwestern Tai dialects: glossaries, texts and translations	1994	1136	dictionary	hh
Somsonge Burusphat 2007	A comparison of general classifiers in Tai-Kadai languages	2007	25	specific_feature	sil16
Glick, Irving and Sao Tern Moeng 1991	Shan for English speakers	1991		text, specific_feature	hh
Soh, Jyr Minn 2014	A Phonological and Phonetic Description of Shan Dialects	2014	116	phonology	hh
Chan, Marjorie K. M. 1980	Zhong-shan phonology	1980		phonology	cldf, phoible
Egerod, Søren 1961	Three Shan Texts	1961	40	text	hh
Bigandet, Paul Ambrose 1858	A comparative vocabulary of Shan, Ka-Kying and Pa-laong	1858	9	wordlist	hh
George A. Grierson 1904	Mōn-Khmēr and Siamese-Chinese Families (Including Khassi and Tai)	1904	236	overview, comparative, wordlist	hh
Hudak, Thomas J. 2008	William J. Gedney's Comparative Tai Source Book	2008	232	overview, comparative	asjp2010, hh
Robinson, Edward Raymond 1994	Further classification of Southwestern Tai "P" group languages	1994	160	overview, comparative	hh, sil16
Edmondson, Jerold A. and David B. Solnit 1997	Comparative Shan	1997	23	overview, comparative	cldf, hh, zurich
Egerod, Søren 1961	Studies in Thai dialectology	1961	49	overview, minimal, comparative	hh, sala
Mong, Sai Kam 2004	The history and development of the Shan scripts	2004	389		mpieva
Banchob Bandhumedha 1964	Laksana phāsā thai yai	1964	39		sala

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Spoken L1 Language: Shan

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