People / group

Tai Khün people

The Tai Khün are a Tai people centred on Kengtung in the eastern Shan State of Myanmar, with smaller communities in northern Thailand and Yunnan. Their language, script and Theravada Buddhist traditions are closely related to those of Lan Na. Their princes ruled Kengtung as a Shan state until 1959.

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Kengtung State

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Tai Khün people. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/tai-khun-people
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“Tai Khün people.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/tai-khun-people. Accessed .
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The Epoch Institute. “Tai Khün people.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/tai-khun-people.
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The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Tai Khün people’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/tai-khun-people (Accessed: ).

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