A Tai-Kadai language spoken in Thailand.
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Are the Russian “фрязь” and Thai “ฝรั่ง” (farang) related?
In old Russian the word фрязь ([fr'az'], apostrophe means a soft consonant) was used to denote a westerner. Although the word is not used any more, it is kept as part of some place names, such as a ...