Thaineua is one of 49 ethnic groups in Lao PDR. Currently, government of Laos divided those ethnic groups into 4 categories based on the languages- Lao-Tai; Mone-Khmer; Tibeto-Burmese; and the Hmong-Ioumein.
Thai Neua is one of eight in the first group-Lao-Tai. Lao-Tai consists of eight groups. They are Gnaheune, Gnouane, Lao, Lue, Phouthai, Saek, Tai, Young and Thaineua
In addition, there are classification within Thaineua based on their accent when they speak Thaineua language, they will end up with different accent such as Kum village-Chang, Pathoy village-Che, etc. for instance.
Like other ethnic groups, Thaineua has their own unique culture and traditional including their own script(characters). However, these days, they are losing a little by a little because of globalization, outside pressure or influence.
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