Proto-Tai is the reconstructed proto-language (common ancestor) of all the Tai languages, including modern Lao, Shan, Tai Lü, Tai Dam, Ahom, Northern...
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The Tai, Zhuang–Tai, or Daic languages (Ahom: 𑜁𑜪𑜨 𑜄𑜩 or 𑜁𑜨𑜉𑜫 𑜄𑜩 kwáam tái ; Shan: ၵႂၢမ်းတႆး; Thai: ภาษาไท or ภาษาไต, RTGS: phasa thai or phasa...
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patterns. (Note: For an explanation of the notation system for Tai tones, see Proto-Tai language#Tones.) /p/ vs. /ph/ tone *A column split/merger pattern tone...
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category BC. Austro-Tai languages Old Chinese Proto-Austronesian language Proto-Hmong–Mien language Proto-Austroasiatic language Sagart, Laurent. 2019...
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The Kra–Dai languages (/ˈkrɑː.daɪ/ KRAH-dy, also known as Tai–Kadai /ˈtaɪ.kəˌdaɪ/ TIE-kə-DYE and Daic /ˈdaɪ.ɪk/ DYE-ik), are a language family in mainland...
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Tai Yo (Thai: ไทญ้อ), also known as Tai Mène (Thai: ไทแมน) and (Tai) Nyaw (Thai: ญ้อ), is a Tai language of Southeast Asia. It is closely related to Tai...
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Austro-Tai languages, sometimes also Austro-Thai languages, are a proposed language family that comprises the Austronesian languages and Kra–Dai languages....
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then to *dajA (Proto-Southwestern Tai) > tʰajA2 (in Siamese and Lao) or > tajA2 (in the other Southwestern and Central Tai languages by Li Fangkuei)...
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Proto-Karenic or Proto-Karen is the reconstructed ancestor of the Karenic languages. The foundation of the reconstruction of Proto-Karen was laid by André-Georges...
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of proto-languages that have been reconstructed, ordered by geographic location. Proto-Afroasiatic Proto-Semitic Proto-Cushitic Proto-Berber Proto-Chadic...
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syllables. *-ai *-aɯ *-ui *-au Proto-Kra had an A–B–C–D tonal system typical of other Tai–Kadai languages (see Proto-Tai language#Tones). The tonal descriptions...
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Proto-Austronesian (commonly abbreviated as PAN or PAn) is a proto-language. It is the reconstructed ancestor of the Austronesian languages, one of the...
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Thái Đen; 'Black Tai language'; simplified Chinese: 黑傣语; traditional Chinese: 黑傣語; pinyin: Hēidǎiyǔ), is a Tai language spoken by the Tai Dam in Vietnam...
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Proto-Tai language Proto-Kra language Proto-Austronesian language Austro-Tai languages Norquest, Peter K. 2007. A Phonological Reconstruction of Proto-Hlai...
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Proto-Austroasiatic is the reconstructed ancestor of the Austroasiatic languages. Proto-Mon–Khmer (i.e., all Austroasiatic branches except for Munda)...
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instead of Tai Tham script. Northern Thai (Thai: ภาษาไทยถิ่นเหนือ), also called Kam Mueang (Northern Thai: ᨣᩴᩤᨾᩮᩬᩥᨦ, กำเมือง) or Lanna, is the language spoken...
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Jiamao (Chinese: 加茂; pinyin: Jiāmào; also 台 Tái or 塞 Sāi) is a divergent Kra-Dai language or possible language isolate spoken in southern Hainan, China....
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Tai languages are an established branch of the Tai languages of Southeast Asia. They include the northern Zhuang languages and Bouyei of China, Tai Mène...
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Proto-Balto-Slavic (PBS or PBSl) is a reconstructed hypothetical proto-language descending from Proto-Indo-European (PIE). From Proto-Balto-Slavic, the...
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Proto-Finnic or Proto-Baltic-Finnic is the common ancestor of the Finnic languages, which include the national languages Finnish and Estonian. Proto-Finnic...
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The Proto-Italic language is the ancestor of the Italic languages, most notably Latin and its descendants, the Romance languages. It is not directly attested...
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Tai languages in that Central Tai distinguishes unaspirated and aspirated onsets, while Northern Tai generally does not (Li 1977). Southwestern Tai also...
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language [7] Proto-Oceanic [8] [9] Proto-Polynesian [10] Proto-Kra–Dai Proto-Kra [11] Proto-Kam–Sui [12] Proto-Hlai [13] Proto-Tai [14] Proto-Austroasiatic...
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explanation of the notation system for Tai tones, see Proto-Tai language#Tones.) Tai Phake has the following initial consonants Tai Phake has the following final...
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Mulam at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) See Proto-Tai language#Tones for an explanation of the tone codes. Qiu Jing [岳静]. 2004. Huangjinzhen...
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Proto-Indo-Aryan (sometimes Proto-Indic) is the reconstructed proto-language of the Indo-Aryan languages. It is intended to reconstruct the language of...
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variously dated to the 12th and 15th centuries. Compared with Proto-Vietic, the language had lost the voicing distinction on stop initials, giving rise...
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Hlai languages Kam-Sui languages Kra languages Be language Tai languages Northern Tai languages Central Tai languages Southwestern Tai languages Northwestern...
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traditional Chinese: 壯語; pinyin: Zhuàngyǔ) are the more than a dozen Tai languages spoken by the Zhuang people of Southern China in the province of Guangxi...
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Sidwell & Rau (2015) Proto-Austronesian: Blust & Trussel (2020) Proto-Tai: Pittayaporn (2009) Proto-Hlai: Norquest (2007) Proto-Kra: Ostapirat (2000)...
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