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The Kra–Dai languages were formerly considered to be part of the Sino-Tibetan family, partly because they contain large numbers of words that are similar to Sino-Tibetan languages. However, Western scholars generally consider them to be Sinitic loanwords and note that basic vocabulary words in Kra–Dai languages often have cognates with ...
- One of the world's primary language families
Sino-Tibetan, also cited as Trans-Himalayan in a few sources, [1] [2] is a family of more than 400 languages, second only to Indo-European in number of native speakers. [3] Around 1.4 billion people speak a Sino-Tibetan language. [4] The vast majority of these are the 1.3 billion native speakers of Sinitic languages.
- 79- (phylozone)
- Proto-Sino-Tibetan
- One of the world's primary language families
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Sino-Tai . Kra-Dai and Sino-Tibetan are often linked together by Chinese scholars, including by Luo (2008). The Kra–Dai languages were formerly considered to be part of the Sino-Tibetan family, but outside China they are now classified as an independent family. They contain large numbers of words that are similar in Sino-Tibetan languages.
Apr 24, 2019 · For example, language contact between the languages of the Sino-Tibetan family and surrounding non-Sino-Tibetan language families—such as Hmong–Mien and Tai–Kadai—was prevalent in East Asia.
- Menghan Zhang, Shi Yan, Wuyun Pan, Wuyun Pan, Li Jin, Li Jin
- 2019
Oct 30, 2023 · Despite ambiguities on the Kra-Dai language divergence time, the recent phylogenetic studies of the surrounding language families such as Austronesian 21 and Sino-Tibetan 22,23 illustrate the ...
The Kra-dai or Tai-Kadai languages are a family of languages from Southeast Asia. Formerly considered part of the Sino-Tibetan languages, they are today considered as a separate family by most linguists. A relationship with the Austronesian languages has been speculated, their belonging to the Austrian group has even been proposed.
Feb 25, 2014 · Introduction. Kra-Dai (also called Tai-Kadai and Kam-Tai) is a family of approximately 100 languages spoken in Southeast Asia, extending from the island of Hainan, China, in the east to the Indian province of Assam in the west and south to the Malay Peninsula. The term Kra-Dai was suggested in Weera Ostapirat’s 2000 work “Proto-Kra ...
