| Tai Loi | |
| Nativename: | Mong Lue |
| States: | Burma, Laos |
| Date: | 1995–2008 |
| Ref: | e18 |
| Familycolor: | Austroasiatic |
| Fam2: | Khasi–Palaungic |
| Fam3: | Palaungic |
| Fam4: | (various) |
| Iso3: | tlq |
Tai Loi, also known as Mong Lue, refers to various Palaungic languages spoken mainly in Burma, with a few hundred in Laos and some also in China. Hall (2017) reports that Tai Loi is a cover term meaning 'mountain Tai' in Shan, and refers to various Angkuic, Waic, and Western Palaungic languages rather than a single language or branch. The Shan exonym Tai Loi can refer to:
Phang, Kontoi, Pang Pung, etc.
Additionally, Ethnologue (21st edition),[1] citing Schliesinger (2003), lists Doi as a Tai Loi variety in Ban Muang, Sing District, Luang Namtha Province, Laos as a nearly extinct language variety spoken by an ethnic group comprising 600 people and 80 households as of 2003. Schliesinger (2003) reports that elderly Doi speakers can understand the Samtao language.[2] There is considerable variation among the dialects.[3] The Muak Sa-aak variety of Tai Loi shares 42% lexical similarity with U of China; 40% with Pang Pung Plang; and 25% with standard Wa.