Tai–Kadai languages | DisamKB

Tai–Kadai languages

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language family language group

The Tai–Kadai languages are a major language family of Southeast Asia that includes Thai, Lao, and related languages spoken across mainland and parts of southern China.

Aliases (6)

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	language family → language group →
alternativeName	Daic languages → Kra–Dai languages →
continent	Asia →
feature	contrastive lexical tone → predominantly SVO word order → use of classifiers →
hasSubfamily	Hlai languages → Kam–Sui languages → Kra languages → Lakkia–Biao languages → Tai languages →
includesLanguage	Biao language → Bouyei language → Hlai language → Kam language → Lakkia language → Lao language → Li language → Nung language → Shan language → Sui language → Thai language → Zhuang language →
languageBranchOf	Austro-Tai hypothesis → Sino-Tibetan–Tai hypothesis →
majorLanguage	Lao language → Thai language → Zhuang language →
region	Mainland Southeast Asia → Southeast Asia → Southern China → Southwest China →
spokenIn	Cambodia → China → Guangxi → Guizhou → Hainan → Laos → Myanmar → Northern Vietnam → Thailand → Vietnam → Yunnan →
typology	analytic language family → tonal language family →
writingSystem	Lao script → New Tai Lue script → Tai Viet script → Thai script → Zhuang logograms →

Referenced by (11)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Lao ("Tai–Kadai language family") → Lao script ("Tai-Kadai") → Shan → Southwestern Tai ("Kra–Dai") → Thai language ("Tai-Kadai language family") → Thai language ("Kra–Dai language family") →	languageFamily
Tai–Kadai languages ("Kra–Dai languages") →	alternativeName
Southeast Asia →	majorLanguageFamily
Laos →	nationalLanguageFamily
Southwestern Tai ("Kra–Dai languages") →	subclassOf
Brahmic scripts →	usedFor