Kam-Tai is a proposed primary branch of the Kra-Dai language family, spoken across southern China, mainland Southeast Asia and Hainan. Scholars differ on its boundaries: Chinese-speaking linguists have used the term for the entire Kra-Dai family, other classifications restrict it to the Kam-Sui and Tai branches together with the Be-Tai languages while excluding Kra and Hlai, and a 2021 analysis by Norquest narrows it further still, excluding only Biao and Lakkia.
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Classification Confidence Reconstructed Ancestor RegionSouthern China, Southeast Asia, Hainan 2 Proto-Language Statusreconstructed as Proto-Kam-Tai 2 Compare
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Kam-Tai is a major branch of the Kra-Dai (Tai-Kadai) family, grouping the Tai languages (Thai, Lao, Zhuang and others) with the Kam-Sui languages.
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1. Glottolog: Kam-Tai (languoid record)
GlottologLanguoid record: child_language_count
"child_language_count": 76
Languoid record: level and category
"level": "family", "bookkeeping": false, "category": "Family"
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Southern China, Southeast Asia, Hainan
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Proto-Kam-Tai
Infobox: protoname
Proto-Kam-Tai
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