• Proto-KraDai (typically abbreviated as PKD) is the proposed reconstructed ancestor of the KraDai languages. No full reconstruction of Proto-KraDai...
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    The KraDai 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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  • of Proto-Kra. Proto-Kra Proto-South-Western Kra Proto-Western Kra (Gelao, Lachi) Proto-Southern Kra (Laha) Proto-Central-East Kra Proto-Central Kra (Paha)...
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  • The Kra languages (/krɑː/ KRAH; also known as the Geyang or Kadai languages) are a branch of the KraDai language family spoken in southern China (Guizhou...
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    Austro-Tai languages, sometimes also Austro-Thai languages, are a proposed language family that comprises the Austronesian languages and KraDai languages. Related...
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    languages belonging to the KraDai language family, but also share similar traditions, culture and ancestry. Chamberlain (2016) proposes that the Kra–Dai...
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  • Islands Proto-Temotu language Proto-Micronesian language Proto-Torres–Banks language Proto-Koreanic Proto-Japonic Proto-KraDai Proto-Kra (list) Proto-Kam–Sui...
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  • The Hlai languages (Chinese: 黎语; pinyin: Líyǔ) are a primary branch of the KraDai language family spoken in the mountains of central and south-central...
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  • Kam–Tai languages, also called Dong–Tai (Chinese: 侗台语支) or Zhuang–Dong (Chinese: 壮侗语族) in China, are a proposed primary branch of the KraDai language family...
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    well as KraDai and Austroasiatic languages spoken in Mainland Southeast Asia and South Asia. A genetic relationship between these language families...
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  • language [7] Proto-Oceanic [8] [9] Proto-Polynesian [10] Proto-KraDai Proto-Kra [11] Proto-Kam–Sui [12] Proto-Hlai [13] Proto-Tai [14] Proto-Austroasiatic...
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    predominantly Kra-Dai, but also possibly Austroasiatic, Austronesian and Hmong-Mien.[full citation needed] The proto-KraDai language has been hypothesized...
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  • *DL2 [10]. Other KraDai languages are transcribed with analogous conventions. The following table of the phonetic characteristics of Proto-Tai tones was...
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    tai) are a branch of the KraDai language family. The Tai languages include the most widely spoken of the Tai–Kadai languages, including Standard Thai...
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  • Proliferative kidney disease, caused by the parasite Tetracapsuloides Proto-KraDai language This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title...
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    return." Many early studies hypothesized Vietnamese language-origins to have been either Kra-Dai, Sino-Tibetan, or Austroasiatic. Austroasiatic origins...
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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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  • Norquest (2020) also reconstructs velarized initial consonants for Proto-KraDai. Additionally, Ostapirat revises Ratliff's uvulars (*q-, etc.) as velars...
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  • The Lakkia language (Chinese: 拉珈语; pinyin: Lājiāyǔ), also spelled Lakkja after its IPA transcription, is a KraDai language spoken in Jinxiu Yao Autonomous...
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  • connections, the possibility of a genetic relationship to languages like Austronesian and or KraDai, are discussed. A relation between Japonic and Koreanic...
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    features, common in Kra-Dai languages, also bear similarities to Sino-Tibetan languages like Chinese or Austroasiatic languages like Vietnamese. Lao's...
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  • 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. Jiamao speakers'...
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    'village'), by which Gelong 仡隆 (Cun language) speakers refer to themselves. The Be languages are a pair of KraDai languages, but its precise relationship to...
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    (167 languages) Kra-Dai (91 languages) Dravidian (85 languages) Glottolog 5.0 (2024) lists the following as the largest families, of 7,788 languages (other...
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    rejected the idea that KraDai and Hmong–Mien are related to Sino-Tibetan since the 1940s. Several links to other Southeast Asian language families have been...
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  • Proto-Tai: Pittayaporn (2009) Proto-Hlai: Norquest (2007) Proto-Kra: Ostapirat (2000) Distribution of Sino-Tibetan languages Distribution of KraDai languages...
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    Many Central Tai languages are known as Nong 侬 (Nùng in Vietnamese) or Dai 岱 (Tày in Vietnamese). Longzhou Ningming Nong Zhuang Dai Zhuang Min Zhuang...
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    Austric is not closer to Borean than to other major language super-phyla) Austro-Tai Austronesian Kra-Dai (Tai-Kadai, Daic) Hmong-Mien (Miao-Yao) Austroasiatic...
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    Kra-Dai Malayo-Polynesian The Malayo-Polynesian languages are—among other things—characterized by certain sound changes, such as the mergers of Proto-Austronesian...
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  • (Daic or KraDai) Malayo-Polynesian Sagart suggests that monosyllabic Old Chinese words correspond to the second syllables of disyllabic Proto-Austronesian...
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