Yuan - People and Languages

People and Languages

  • Yuan (surname), the transliteration of a number of Chinese family names (e.g. 袁, 元, 苑, 原, 源, 爰)
    • Yuan Haowen (元好問), Chinese poet, author, and official
  • Thai Yuan, a people of Northern Thailand
    • Yuan language, commonly known as Northern Thai language, language of the Thai Yuan people

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