The Thai language developed from the Tai–Kadai languages, also
known as Kra–Dai, Daic, and Kadai, are a language family of highly
tonal languages found in southern China, northeast India and
Southeast Asia, but Thai is not related to Chinese.
The Thai language developed from the Tai–Kadai languages, also
known as Kra–Dai, Daic, and Kadai, are a language family of highly
tonal languages found in southern China, northeast India and
Southeast Asia, but Thai is not related to Chinese.
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The Thai language developed from the Tai–Kadai languages, also
known as Kra–Dai, Daic, and Kadai, are a language family of highly
tonal languages found in southern China, northeast India and
Southeast Asia, but Thai is not related to Chinese.
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Thai is in the Tai-Kadai language family, which is also known as Kra–Dai, Daic, and Kadai.
It is a language family of highly tonal languages found in southern China, northeast India and Southeast Asia, and includes Thai and Lao.
Around 93 million people speak Tai-Kadai languages, 60% of whom speak Thai.
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The exact languages are unknown, but the Yayoi may have spoken an Austroasiatic language or Tai-Kadai language.
Alexander Vovin suggests that Japonic was in contact with Austronesian, before the migration from Southern China to Japan, pointing to an ultimate origin of Japonic in southern China.
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H. L Shorto has written:
'Bibliographies of Mon-Khmer and Tai linguistics' -- subject(s):
Bibliography, Mon-Khmer languages, Tai languages