Tai–Kadai languages
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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.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tai–Kadai languages canonical | 22 |
| Tai–Kadai language family | 13 |
| Kra–Dai language family | 9 |
| Kra–Dai languages | 8 |
| Tai–Kadai | 8 |
| Tai-Kadai languages | 7 |
| Kra–Dai | 5 |
| Tai-Kadai language family | 5 |
| Tai-Kadai | 1 |
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
language family
ⓘ
language group ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Daic languages
ⓘ
Tai–Kadai languages ⓘ
surface form:
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 languages ⓘ
surface form:
Hlai language
Kam language ⓘ Lakkia language ⓘ Lao ⓘ
surface form:
Lao language
Li language ⓘ Nung language ⓘ Shan language ⓘ Sui language ⓘ Thai ⓘ
surface form:
Thai language
Zhuang language ⓘ |
| languageBranchOf |
Austro-Tai hypothesis
ⓘ
Sino-Tibetan–Tai hypothesis ⓘ |
| majorLanguage |
Lao language
ⓘ
Thai language ⓘ Zhuang language ⓘ |
| region |
Indochinese Peninsula
ⓘ
surface form:
Mainland Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia ⓘ southern China ⓘ
surface form:
Southern China
Southwest China ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Cambodia
ⓘ
China ⓘ Guangxi Province ⓘ
surface form:
Guangxi
Guizhou Province ⓘ
surface form:
Guizhou
Hainan ⓘ Laos ⓘ Myanmar ⓘ northern Vietnam ⓘ
surface form:
Northern Vietnam
Thailand ⓘ Viet Nam ⓘ
surface form:
Vietnam
Yunnan Province ⓘ
surface form:
Yunnan
|
| typology |
analytic language family
ⓘ
tonal language family ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Lao script
ⓘ
New Tai Lue script ⓘ Tai Viet script ⓘ Thai script ⓘ Zhuang logograms ⓘ |
Referenced by (78)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Thai language
this entity surface form:
Tai-Kadai language family
subject surface form:
Thai language
this entity surface form:
Kra–Dai language family
this entity surface form:
Kra–Dai languages
this entity surface form:
Kra–Dai languages
this entity surface form:
Kra–Dai
this entity surface form:
Tai–Kadai language family
this entity surface form:
Tai-Kadai
this entity surface form:
Tai-Kadai languages
this entity surface form:
Tai-Kadai language family
this entity surface form:
Tai-Kadai languages
this entity surface form:
Tai-Kadai languages
this entity surface form:
Kra–Dai language family
this entity surface form:
Tai-Kadai languages
this entity surface form:
Kra–Dai languages
this entity surface form:
Tai–Kadai
this entity surface form:
Tai-Kadai languages
this entity surface form:
Tai-Kadai languages
this entity surface form:
Tai–Kadai language family
this entity surface form:
Kra–Dai languages
this entity surface form:
Tai–Kadai language family
this entity surface form:
Tai–Kadai language family
this entity surface form:
Kra–Dai language family
this entity surface form:
Tai–Kadai language family
this entity surface form:
Tai–Kadai
this entity surface form:
Kra–Dai
this entity surface form:
Tai–Kadai
this entity surface form:
Kra–Dai
this entity surface form:
Tai–Kadai
this entity surface form:
Tai-Kadai languages
this entity surface form:
Tai–Kadai language family
this entity surface form:
Tai–Kadai
this entity surface form:
Tai–Kadai
this entity surface form:
Kra–Dai languages