Tai–Kadai languages

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Tai–Kadai_languages

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:language_family
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Kra–Dai_languages
gptkbp:branch	gptkb:Hlai gptkb:Kam–Sui gptkb:Kra gptkb:Tai gptkb:Biao gptkb:Lakkia
gptkbp:class	Sino-Tibetan (formerly, now considered separate)
gptkbp:color	gptkb:Kra–Dai
gptkbp:firstDescribed	gptkb:19th_century
gptkbp:glottologCode	58-AAA kada1281
gptkbp:ISO639-3	tai
gptkbp:linguisticTypology	analytic tonal
gptkbp:notableContributor	gptkb:Paul_K._Benedict gptkb:Weera_Ostapirat gptkb:Li_Fang-Kuei
gptkbp:notableLanguage	gptkb:Thai gptkb:Bouyei gptkb:Li gptkb:Zhuang gptkb:Hlai gptkb:Central_Thai gptkb:Isan gptkb:Northern_Thai gptkb:Southern_Thai gptkb:Kam gptkb:Sui gptkb:Bouyei_dialects gptkb:Hlai_dialects gptkb:Kam_dialects gptkb:Lao_dialects gptkb:Li_dialects gptkb:Sui_dialects gptkb:Zhuang_dialects Lao
gptkbp:numberOfSpeakers	over 100 million
gptkbp:origin	gptkb:Southern_China
gptkbp:region	gptkb:Cambodia gptkb:Laos gptkb:Myanmar gptkb:Southeast_Asia gptkb:Thailand gptkb:Vietnam gptkb:Southern_China gptkb:Hainan gptkb:Northeast_India
gptkbp:relatedTo	Austronesian languages (possible distant relation)
gptkbp:subfamily	gptkb:Hlai gptkb:Kam–Sui gptkb:Kra gptkb:Tai gptkb:Lakkia–Biao
gptkbp:writingSystem	various, including Thai script, Lao script, Latin script, Chinese characters
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Kra–Dai_languages
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Tai–Kadai languages