Kra-Dai

SplitsTree lexical analysis (Hsiu 2018)

Citation:

Hsiu, Andrew. 2018. Preliminary classification of Kra-Dai languages. https://sites.google.com/site/eastasianphyla/kd

Classification synthesis

• 1. Northern Kra-Dai linkage

     1. Kra

     2. Kam-Sui

     3. Biao-Lakkia linkage

  2. Southern Kra-Dai linkage

• • 1. Be-Tai

       1. Tai

       2. Be-Jizhao

    2. Hlai

    3. Jiamao

Kam-Tai linguistic area: Greater Kam-Sui and Be-Tai

SplitsTree analysis notes

• • Jiamao and Hlai are grouped together due to contact, but Jiamao clearly has a non-Hlai substratum.

  • Support for a subgroup containing both Be and Jizhao is strong.

  • Support for a subgroup containing both Biao and Lakkia is strong.

  • Proto-Austronesian and Proto-Hmong-Mien set as outgroups.

  • Proto-language reconstructions used for Hlai, Be, Tai, Kam-Sui, and Kra.

Taxa: 11 (9 Kra-Dai subgroups and 2 non-Kra-Dai proto-languages)

Lexical items: 58