Tai-Kadai language family

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Tai-Kadai_language_family
GPTKB entity
Statements (59)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf language family
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs Kra-Dai language family
gptkbp:branch gptkb:Be
gptkb:Hlai
gptkb:Kra
gptkb:Tai
gptkb:Saek
gptkb:Lakkia
gptkb:Kam-Sui
gptkbp:ethnicGroup gptkb:Bouyei
gptkb:Zhuang
gptkb:Be
gptkb:Hlai
gptkb:Tai_peoples
gptkb:Saek
gptkb:Kam
gptkb:Lakkia
gptkb:Sui
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Tai-Kadai language family
gptkbp:ISO639-3 tai
gptkbp:languageFamily tai
gptkbp:largestCity gptkb:Thai
gptkbp:linguisticClassification gptkb:Sino-Tibetan_(disputed)
Austro-Tai (proposed)
Independent family (widely accepted)
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:Kam
gptkb:Sui
Lao
Shan
gptkbp:numberOfSpeakers over 100 million
gptkbp:origin gptkb:Southern_China
gptkbp:region gptkb:Bangladesh
gptkb:Cambodia
gptkb:Laos
gptkb:Malaysia
gptkb:Myanmar
gptkb:Southeast_Asia
gptkb:Thailand
gptkb:Vietnam
gptkb:Southern_China
gptkb:Hainan
gptkb:Northeast_India
gptkbp:relatedTo Austronesian languages (proposed)
gptkbp:secondLargestLanguage gptkb:Zhuang
gptkbp:writingSystem gptkb:Chinese_characters
gptkb:Latin_script
gptkb:Thai_script
gptkb:Zhuang_script
gptkb:Lao_script
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Austroasiatic_language_family
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7