Prai (Phray) or Phai, also known as Thin (Htin), is a
Mon–Khmer language
The Austroasiatic languages , , are a large language family in Mainland Southeast Asia and South Asia. These languages are scattered throughout parts of Thailand, Laos, India, Myanmar, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Nepal, and southern China and are t ...
of Thailand and Laos. There are several closely related, but not mutually intelligible dialects which go by the names ''Prai'' and ''Thin''. They are also closely related to
Mal, together forming the Mal–Phrai group of languages, sometimes collectively called Lua' language (because they are spoken by the
Lua people
The Lua people () are a minority ethnic group native to Laos, although there is now a sizable community living in Thailand. ''Lua is their preferred autonym (self-designation), while their Lao neighbours tend to call them Thin, T'in or Htin ...
).
References
Khmuic languages
Languages of Thailand
Languages of Laos
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