Shan is a Tai language spoken by about 3.3 million people in the Shan States of Burma in the northeast of the country, and also in parts of northern Thailand and in the Xishuangbanna (Sipsongpanna) Dai Autonomous Prefecture of Yunnan province in southwestern China. The language is also known as Tai-Yai, Tai-Long and ภาษาไทใหญ่.
The Shan script is used in Burma to write Shan, although few Shan speakers can read and write in the Shan script. In China a script similar to Dehong Dai (Tai Le) is used.
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Information about the Shan language and alphabet
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shan_language
http://alif-shinobi.blogspot.com/2009/05/shan-alphabet.html
http://www.skyknowledge.com/shan.htm
http://www.shaninform.org
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