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unusual facts about Tai–Kadai ethnic groups in China


Tai–Kadai ethnic groups in China

The Cao Miao people of Guizhou, Hunan and Guangxi Provinces speak a Kam–Sui language called Mjiuniang, although it is believed that the people are of Hmong–Mien descent.


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Tai Zong establishes a new Daoist abbey, out of gratitude for Daoist priests who had apparently cured the crown prince of an illness.

Academy of Chinese Culture and Health Sciences

The practitioners in the clinic practice Traditional Chinese Medicine, acupuncture, herbal medicine, Tai chi, Tui na massage (acupressure), Food Therapy, Moxibustion, and Cupping Therapy.

Ashraf Tai

After emerging triumphant in a tournament staged in Sri Lanka in 1980, Tai took his undefeated kickboxing record of 45–0–0 (44 knockouts, 33 in the first round)into a title shot at reigning world lightheavyweight kickboxing champion, Don Wilson of the United States.

Austronesian languages

A competing Austro-Tai proposal linking Austronesian and Tai–Kadai is supported by Weera Ostapirat, Roger Blench, and Laurent Sagart, and is based on the traditional comparative method.

French linguist and Sinologist Laurent Sagart considers the Austronesian languages to be related to the Sino-Tibetan languages, and also groups the Tai–Kadai languages as more closely related to the Malayo-Polynesian languages.

Bryan Brown

He starred in several international productions including Tai-Pan with Joan Chen, Gorillas in the Mist with Sigourney Weaver, and Cocktail with Tom Cruise.

Buddhist Fat Ho Memorial College

Since Tai O is a remote place, its students use schools buses to get to Mui Wo.

Central Tai languages

William Gedney considers Central Tai to be more closely related to Southwestern Tai than to Northern Tai, while André-Georges Haudricourt argues for a closer relation to Northern Tai.

Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Song

There are two songs, the second song was written by Hwang Yau-tai or Huang Youdi, Huang Yu-ti (黃友棣) in 1975, who later also wrote Chiang Ching-kuo Memorial Song in 1988.

Colin Ng

Ng Wee Tai Colin is a Singaporean yachtsman best known for winning a gold medal in the 13th Asian Games held in Bangkok, Thailand.

Early history of Thailand

The Thai are part of a larger ethno-linguistic group known as the Tai, a group which includes the Lao, the people of the Shan region of north-eastern Burma, the Zhuang people of Guangxi province in China and the Thổ people and Nùng people of northern Vietnam.

Fa'asaleleaga

Safotulafai is always consulted by Malie village (Tuamasaga) in conjunction with Manono (Aiga-i-le-Tai) in the election of Malietoa title-holders.

Guanyuan Jin

From 1993-2005, he served as the Acupuncture Advisor for the State of Wisconsin, and through his efforts, over the years, Governor Doyle of Wisconsin, Mayor Barret of Milwaukee, and Mayor Speaker of Brookfield all public proclaimed "Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Day” and "World Tai Chi and Qigong Day”.

Holmgate

Holmgate Darby and Joan Club, North Street, Holmgate, (01246) 865195 -- Tai Chi Club -- Table Tennis Club -- The Friendly Club

Jack Frost 2: Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman

Sam, Anne, Marla and Joe, arrive at the tropics to a greeting by the eccentric Colonel Hickering (Ray Cooney) and his assistants Captain Fun (Sean Patrick Murphy) and Bobby (Tai Bennett).

Japollonia

In 1997, Jeanae' Briley and Tai-Amber Hoo joined Gyrl, released the single "Get Your Groove On", that was in the movie B*A*P*S, so the group was solved.

Khamti people

The Khamti, or Tai Khamti, Thai: (ชาวไทคำตี่, Chao Tai Kam Dtee) as they are also known, are a sub-group of the Shan people found in the Sagaing Division, Hkamti District in northwestern Burma as well as Lohit district of Arunachal Pradesh in India.

LWH

White Lachi is a Tai–Kadai language with ISO 639:l language code lwh

Miranzai Valley

It is made up of two valleys, draining from the southwest into the Kurram and northeast into the Kohat Tai.

Muang Sing

The Tai Lue cotton weavers in villages such as Nong Boua and Xieng Yun make dyes consisting of a blend of leaves, flowers, insects and wood and weave traditional cotton textiles.

New Territories East

Eastern part of New Territories in Hong Kong including North District, Sai Kung, Sha Tin, and Tai Po.

Nomads R.F.C.

Nomads R.F.C. are a Hong Kong rugby union club, who play in G4S League Divisions 2,5 and 7 and are based in the Tai Hang Tung area in New Kowloon.

Pausha

In the Tamil solar religious calendar, Tai begins with the Sun's entry into Capricorn, and is the tenth month of the year.

Plaza Hollywood

Hollywood Hong Kong, a 2001 Hong Kong film directed by Fruit Chan, set in Tai Hom Village, with references to Plaza Hollywood.

Proto-Tai language

Pittayaporn's reconstruction of these sounds is based on irregular correspondences in differing modern Tai dialects among the sounds /kʰ/, /x/ and /h/, in particular in the Phuan language and the Kapong dialect of the Phu Thai language.

Samoa Girl Guides Association

In September 1996, the association acquired the lease of a house at Matautu-tai in Apia, which now serves as national headquarters.

Shi Yan Xu

On October 1, 2006, the world final was televised in a four-hour live broadcast judged by action star and former Beijing Wushu Team Member Jacky Wu Jing (Sha Po Lang, Tai Chi Master, Legend of Zu) Director Stanley Tong (The Myth, Martial Law, Mr. Magoo) and Director Wang Xiaoshuai (Frozen).

Shō Tai

To help resolve this problem and others concerning the relationship between Ryūkyū and Japan, Shō Tai was advised to journey to Tokyo and formally pay his respects to Emperor Meiji, acknowledging at the same time his (and therefore his kingdom's) subordination to the Emperor of Japan.

Sip Song Chau Tai

Prior to the arrival of the French it was one of several semi-independent Tai hill tribe states called Muang, including Muang Sing, Hua Pan Tang Ha Tong Hoc in Laos, and China's Sip Song Panna.

Sultan Hashim Ahmad al-Tai

Dawood Bagistani, who arranged the surrender to Maj. Gen. David Petraeus, said Ahmad was handed over "with great respect" and was with his family at the time.

Sun Yee On

Tai Hau, leader of another Sun Yee On faction in active in Tuen Mun tried to encroach upon Lee's West Kowloon and Tsim Sha Tsui operations.

Tai Ho Wan

In 1999, the Hong Kong Government designated Tai Ho Stream as the 63rd Site of Special Scientific Interest due to the discovery of the Ayu (plecoglossus altivelis) in the river, which cannot be found anywhere in the world except for waters in Hokkaidō, and Hong Kong.

Tai Hung-hsu

In July, 2006, Tai, at the age of 19, was reported to join Chinese side Xiamen Lanshi along with another Taiwanese youngster, Chen Po-liang.

Tai Mène language

Tai Mène appears to be related to Tai Pao (paaw 4 < *baaw A), whose speakers claim to have originated from Tương Dương District, Nghệ An province, Vietnam (Chamberlain 1991).

Tai Mo Shan

A few types of wild Orchids also grow in the streams of Tai Mo Shan including the Chinese Pholidota Orchid, Hong Kong's most common orchid, and the Bamboo Orchid, so called because of a distinct stem that looks like bamboo, which also grows in the streams of Tai Mo Shan.

Tai Ping Shan

Victoria Peak, on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong which is often known by its Chinese name Tai Ping Shan

Tai Solarin

In 1975, when the General Gowon Regime delayed returning power to a civilian regime, Tai published his "The Beginning of the End" statement, which he then physically distributed on the roadside.

TAI Turna

The Research and Development Department of the Turkish Ministry of National Defence awarded a contract to the TAI in August 1995 for the development of a drone for use by Turkish Air Force and Army in target tracking and gunnery firing exercises.

Tai Wai

The table below lists all the public housing estates in Tai Wai, including Public Rental Housing (Public), Home Ownership Scheme (HOS), Tenants Purchase Scheme (TPS) and Private Sector Participation Scheme (PSPS).

TAI/AgustaWestland T129

On 17 August 2011, Turkish Aerospace Industries announced the first successful flight of the T129 prototype "P6", that was produced at its facilities in Ankara, Turkey.

AGM-114 Hellfire, BGM-71 TOW, Hydra 70, Spike-ER, UMTAS, OMTAS, anti-tank and anti-armor missiles and Sura D/Snora.

The Day of Days

Mimi Chu as Mak Tai-ching (麥大青) — So Fei and So Fun's mother.

The Gentle Crackdown II

For the benefit of his son's future, Sheung's father Tse Chong-Tin (Ha Yu) has not only invited the intelligent Tai Tsung-Man (Wayne Lai) to be Sheung's assistant, but also found him four special bodyguards playfully named Chuk (Congee), Fun (Rice Noodle), Mein (Wheat Noodle), and Fan (Rice).

The Legendary 'Tai Fei'

The film centralizes on the storyline after Tai Fei (Anthony Wong) obtains branch leader status after Young and Dangerous 4.

Time formatting and storage bugs

On 17 September 2042, at 23:53:57.370496 TAI, the Time of Day Clock on S/370 IBM mainframe and its successors, including the current zSeries, will roll over.

Turkish Aerospace Industries

TAI is in various partnership arrangements with Agusta, Alenia Aeronautica, Airbus, Boeing, CASA, Eurocopter, IAI, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, MD Helicopters, Sikorsky, Sonaca and numerous other companies in aeropsace sector.

Wong Tai Sin

According to the text Self-Description of Chisongzi (赤松子自述; "Master Red Pine") kept at the Wong Tai Sin Temple in Hong Kong, Wong Tai Sin was born Wong Cho Ping (Huang Chuping in Mandarin pinyin) in 338 in Lanxi, Jinhua, Zhejiang province.

Yang people

The Yang of Ay village, Namo District claim to have come from the Mường Lay and Mường Sô areas of northern Vietnam over 200 years ago, where they were called "Tai Lay" (Chazee 1998:23).


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