Tai Lue

ᦺᦑᦟᦹᧉ
Tai Lue people in traditional costumes
Total population
556,000+
Regions with significant populations
China (Xishuangbanna), Burma (Myanmar),Laos,Thailand (Northern Thailand) and Vietnam (Lai Châu Province)
China	280,000 (2000) classified asDai
Laos	126,229 (2015) classified as Lue[1]
Thailand	1,000,000 (2001) classified asThai Lue
Burma	60,000 (2013) classified asShan
Vietnam	6,757 (2019) classified as Lự[2]
United States	4,000 (1998)[3]
Languages
Tai Lü •Chinese •Burmese •Laotian •Thai •Northern Thai •Vietnamese
Religion
Tai folk religion[4] •Buddhism
Related ethnic groups
Tai peoples •Shan people •Tai Nuea

TheTai Lü people (Tai Lue: ᦺᦑᦟᦹᧉ,Chinese:傣仂,Dǎi lè,Lao:ລື້,Lư̄,Thai:ไทลื้อ,RTGS: Thai Lue,Vietnamese:Người Lự) are an ethnic group ofChina,Laos,Thailand,Burma andVietnam. They speak aSouthwestern Tai language.

The wordLü (ລື້) is similar to theLao people in theTai Lü language. Tai Lü can be written asTai Lue, Dai Le andDai Lue. They are also known asXishuangbanna Dai,SipsongpannaTailurian andTai Sipsongpanna. The wordLue (Thai: ลื้อTai Lue: ᦟᦹᧉ) in theTai languages means "north", thus their ethnonym meansNorthern Tai which they share withTai Nua people.

In Vietnam, most Lu live inLai Châu Province and their population was 5,601 in 2009. In China, they are officially recognized as part of theDai ethnic group. The 2000 census counted about 280,000 Dai people speaking Lü language. The population in Thailand, where they are calledThai Lue (Thai:ไทลื้อ), was in 2001 estimated to be approximately 83,000.^[5] Most Thai Lue in Thailand live inNan,Chiang Rai,Phayao andChiang Mai Province. They singkhap lue (Thai:ไทลื้อขับ,Thai pronunciation:[tʰaj˧lɯː˦˥kʰap̚˨˩]) and playpi mae (Thai:ปี่แม่) -free reed wind bamboo instrument.

In Vietnam, Lu are the indigenous people inMường Thanh ("Land of the God ofTai people", Tai Lü:muong theng). They had built Tam Vạn wall in Mường Thanh and managed there for 19 generations before Hoàng Công Chất, a Thái leader, came. Nowadays, nearly all Vietnamese Lu live in Lai Châu Province. The Lu take their father's last name and have the middle name Bạ (for males) and Ý (for females). Their religion isTheravadaBuddhism.

Names	Capital
Tseng Mai	Chiang Mai,Chiang Mai Province,Thailand
Tseng Hai	Chiang Rai,Chiang Rai Province,Thailand
Tseng Hung	Jinghong,Yunnan Province,China
Xieng Thong	Luang Prabang,Luang Prabang Province,Laos
Tseng Tung	Kengtung,Shan State,Myanmar

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  Lu traditional performance atWat Nantaram [th],Chiang Kham District,Thailand
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  Lu Woman in Laos, c. 1900.
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  Lu Woman in Laos, c. 1900.
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  A Tai Lue Buddha statue inWat Non Bua,Tha Wang Pha District, Thailand
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  A Tai Lue musician plays in the garden of Wat Nong Bua, Tha Wang Pha District, Thailand.
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  The interior of thewihan of Wat Nong Daeng,Chiang Klang District, Thailand
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  Vat Nam Keo Luang inMuang Sing, Laos
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  The interior of Vat Xieng Chai, Muang Sing, Laos
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  A Tai Lue house inChiang Kham District,Thailand

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