Kra languages

E260274

Kra languages are a branch of the Tai–Kadai language family spoken by various ethnic groups in southern China and neighboring regions.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Kra languages canonical 4
Kadai languages 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf language branch
language family subgroup
alsoKnownAs Geyang languages
Kra languages
surface form: Kadai languages
arealFeature Southeast Asia
Southwest China
contactWith Hmong-Mien
surface form: Hmong–Mien languages

Sinitic languages
Tibeto-Burman languages
geographicDistribution border areas of Laos
northern Vietnam
southern China
hasSubgroup Buyang language
Gelao language
Lachi language
Laha language
Paha language
Pubiao language
Qabiao language
historicalHomeland Guizhou–Guangxi–Yunnan border region
languageFamily Tai–Kadai languages
surface form: Tai–Kadai
memberOf Tai–Kadai languages
surface form: Tai–Kadai language family
populationTrend declining number of speakers
relatedTo Hlai languages
Kam–Sui languages
Tai languages
researchField comparative Tai–Kadai linguistics
spokenBy Buyang people
Gelao people
Lachi people
Liangmai-related Kra-speaking groups
Qabiao people
surface form: Pubiao people

Qabiao people
spokenIn China
Guangxi Province
surface form: Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region

Guizhou Province
Laos
Viet Nam
surface form: Vietnam

Yunnan Province
status endangered
severely endangered
studiedBy linguists
subclassOf Tai–Kadai languages
typologicalFeature SVO word order
analytic morphology
tonal languages
writingSystem primarily unwritten

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tai–Kadai languages hasSubfamily Kra languages
Hlai languages relatedTo Kra languages
Kra languages alsoKnownAs Kra languages
this entity surface form: Kadai languages
Kam–Sui languages relatedTo Kra languages
Tai relatedTo Kra languages