Proto-Tai
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Proto-Tai is the reconstructed common ancestor language of the Tai language family, from which modern Tai languages such as Thai and Lao ultimately developed.
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Kra–Dai proto-language
ⓘ
Tai language ⓘ proto-language ⓘ reconstructed language ⓘ |
| belongsToLanguageFamily |
Kra–Dai language family
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tai language family ⓘ |
| hasApproximateEra | late 1st millennium BCE to early 1st millennium CE ⓘ |
| hasAttestationStatus |
reconstructed
ⓘ
unattested ⓘ |
| hasDescendantGroup |
Central Tai
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Northern Tai NERFINISHED ⓘ Southwestern Tai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLexicalInfluenceOn |
Lao basic vocabulary
ⓘ
Thai basic vocabulary ⓘ Zhuang basic vocabulary ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
isolating morphology
ⓘ
little inflection ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive tones
ⓘ
final glottal stop *-ʔ ⓘ final nasals *-m *-n *-ŋ ⓘ final stops *-p *-t *-k ⓘ medial glides ⓘ tonal language ⓘ voicing contrast in initial consonants ⓘ |
| hasReconstructionBasis |
ancient Chinese transcriptions of Tai names
GENERATED
ⓘ
modern Tai languages GENERATED ⓘ |
| hasReconstructionMethod | comparative method ⓘ |
| hasRegion |
mainland Southeast Asia
ⓘ
northern mainland Southeast Asia ⓘ southern China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSyntacticFeature |
basic SVO word order
ⓘ
post-nominal numerals ⓘ use of classifiers ⓘ |
| hasTimePeriod | prehistory ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem | none ⓘ |
| isAncestorOf |
Ahom language
ⓘ
Central Tai languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Isan language NERFINISHED ⓘ Lao language NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Tai languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Shan language NERFINISHED ⓘ Southwestern Tai languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Tai Dam language NERFINISHED ⓘ Tai Dón language NERFINISHED ⓘ Tai Lü language ⓘ Tai Nüa language NERFINISHED ⓘ Tai Ya language NERFINISHED ⓘ Thai language ⓘ Zhuang languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studiedInField |
comparative Tai linguistics
ⓘ
historical linguistics ⓘ |
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