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Cao Lan language
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<p>Cao Lan, sometimes <i>Caolan</i> or <i>Man Cao-Lan</i>, is a <a href="/facts/Tai_languages/A8LAhjnd">Tai language</a> of northern <a href="/facts/Vietnam/0ulfA8Eq">Vietnam</a>. It is spoken by the Cao Lan subgroup of the <a href="/facts/San_Chay_people/cHVyLoRz">San Chay people</a>. According to Pittayaporn (2009), it is closest to the <a href="/facts/Chongzuo_Tai_languages/2whxArhX">Chongzuo</a> and <a href="/facts/Shangsi_Zhuang/2whxArhX">Shangsi Zhuang</a> across the border in China, both of which are lumped under the apparently polyphyletic <a href="/facts/Yongnan_languages/2whxArhX">Yongnan Zhuang</a> by <i>Ethnologue</i>. Together, Cao Lan, Chongzuo, and Shangsi form a <a href="/facts/Chongzuo_languages/2whxArhX">primary branch</a> of the <a href="/facts/Tai_languages/A8LAhjnd">Tai languages</a> (Pittayaporn 2009). </p>