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Central Tai languages

Central Tai
(controversial)
Geographic
distribution: 		China, Vietnam
Linguistic classification: Tai–Kadai
  • Tai
    • Central Tai
Subdivisions:
Glottolog: None
deba1238  (Debao–Jingxi–Nung)[1]

The Central Tai languages include southern dialects of Zhuang, and various Nung and Tày dialects of northern Vietnam.

Central Tai languages differ from Northern Tai languages in that Central Tai distinguishes unaspirated and aspirated onsets, while Northern Tai generally does not (Li 1977). Southwestern Tai also displays this kind of aspiration contrast.

Classification

Caolan and Nùng An[2] in northern Vietnam, display Northern Tai features as well. These appear to be mixed languages that are not fully Central Tai or Northern Tai. Jerold A. Edmondson calls Caolan a "tertium quid."[3]

Languages

Many Central Tai languages are known as Nong 侬 (Nùng in Vietnamese) or Dai 岱 (Tày in Vietnamese).

China

Vietnam

  • Nung
    • Nùng Phạn Slinh
    • Nùng Cháo
    • Nùng Inh
    • Nùng An
    • Nùng Giang
  • Tày
    • Tày Bảo Lạc
    • Tày Trùng Khánh

References

  1. ^ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Debao–Jingxi–Nung". Glottolog 2.2. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. 
  2. ^ http://sealang.net/sala/archives/pdf8/nicolson2000nung.pdf
  3. ^ Gregerson, Kenneth J., and Jerold A. Edmondson. 1998. Some puzzles in Cao Lan. University of Texas at Arlington.
  • Li, Fang-kuei. 1977. Handbook of Comparative Tai. Honolulu, Hawaii: University of Hawai’i Press.
  • Pittayaporn, Pittayawat. 2009. The Phonology of Proto-Tai. Ph.D. dissertation. Department of Linguistics, Cornell University.
Kra
Kam–Sui
Hlai
Ong Be
Tai
(Zhuang)
Northern
Central
Southwestern
(Thai)
Northwestern
Lao–Phutai
Chiang Saen
Southern
(other)
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