Population Initial states of Thailand

the result of population movements , migrations affected cultural traditions , lifestyles found among peoples populate kingdom of thailand. therefore, thai / sama / sayam / siam various indigenous peoples, proto malayu, mon, khmer, champa, immigrants india. in addition, population consisted of coastal peoples, mariners, chinese, , host of other minority groups. important characteristic “the great variety” of thai people.

thai society , culture covered area wider ruled state. tai peoples refers collectively ethnic groups of southern china , southeast asia, stretching hainan eastern india , southern sichuan thailand, speak tai languages , share similar traditions , festivals, including songkran. despite never having unified nation-state of own, peoples share or historically shared vague idea of siam nation, corrupted shan or assam in places, , self-identify tai . far more comprehensive list available in thai term. example, 29 ethnic groups & languages identified tai in thai language version in people s republic of china alone. tai peoples include:

the lao of laos , northeast thailand
the northern thai (lanna or thai yuan) of thailand
the thai of thailand (tai noi or little tai)
the shan (thai yai or big tai) of burma
the zhuang of china
the buyei of china
the thai lue of laos , china (also called dai )
the nùng of china, laos, thailand, vietnam
the black tai (tai dam) of laos , vietnam
the red tai (tai daeng)
the white tai (tai kao)
the tai dom people of present-day north vietnam
the various tribes in yunnan, china.