ATLAS OF LANGUAGE

Eurasia · ISO 639-3 phu · Glottocode phua1239

Phuan

On the board, Phuan represents a source record from Eurasia: classified as a language of the Tai-Kadai family, with shifting status and likely Thai.

Language family
Tai-Kadai
Likely script
Thai (Thai)
Source status
shifting
Macroarea
Eurasia
Source country codes
LA · TH
Reference point
17.521, 102.191

Open research question

How can self-designations, dialect structure, and mutual intelligibility be documented critically for Phuan?

This question is an assignment for later subject and community-proximate source review, not a claim about a uniform cultural worldview.

Scholarly boundary

The map point is a Glottolog reference point, not a language-area boundary. The script field is a likely Unicode CLDR assignment, not a complete history of orthography. Information on endangerment and countries follows the linked source data and does not replace current local assessment.