Alternate Names: Chaw Talay, Chawnam, Lawoi, Lawta, Orak Lawoi’
Dialects: Adang, Phuket Old Peoples, Phuket Young Peoples. Aboriginal Malays with a unique Malay language. A member of macrolanguage Malay ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 5,000 (2012 S. Pattemore).
Language Use: Often replaced by Thai [tha] or Malay or both when members of the group settle down (Bradley 2007). Most also use Thai [tha] and Malay (Bradley 2007).
Language Development: Various Thai script and romanized literacy materials (Bradley 2007). Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1998.
Writing System: Thai
Nation of Origin: Thailand
Other Comments: Traditional religion, Christian.