Tai Pao language
| Tai Pao | |
|---|---|
| Tai Hang Tong | |
"Tai Pao" written in Lai Pao script | |
| Native to | Vietnam |
Native speakers | (ca. 13,000 cited 1995 census – 2002) |
| Lai Pao script | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | tpo |
| Glottolog | taih1245 |
Tai Pao, known in Vietnamese sources as Tai Hang Tong (Hàng Tổng), is a Tai language of Vietnam and Laos. In Laos, it is spoken in Khamkeut District, Pakkading District, and Viengthong District of Bolikhamxai Province. Two dialects of Tai Hang Tong are distinguished: Tai Pao and Tai Yo.