| Proto-Tai | |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction of | Tai languages |
Reconstructed ancestor | |
Proto-Tai is the reconstructed proto-language (common ancestor) of all the Tai languages, including modern Lao, Shan, Tai Lü, Tai Dam, Ahom, Northern Thai, Standard Thai, Bouyei, and Zhuang. The Proto-Tai language is not directly attested by any surviving texts, but has been reconstructed using the comparative method.
It was reconstructed in 1977 by Li Fang-Kuei[1] and by Pittayawat Pittayaporn in 2009.[2][3]
- ^ Li, Fang-Kuei. (1977). A handbook of comparative Tai. Manoa: University Press of Hawaii.
- ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat. (2009a). The Phonology of Proto-Tai (Doctoral dissertation). Department of Linguistics, Cornell University.
- ^ Pike, Kenneth Lee; Pike, Evelyn G. Comparative Kadai: Linguistic Studies Beyond Tai. Summer Institute of Linguistics, 1977. p. 16. ISBN 0883120666.