Austro-tai

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The Austro-tai language group is part of the "Austric theory" in the revised form in which it was advanced by Paul K. Benedict in the 1940s and after. [1]

[edit] Further reading

  • Paul K. Benedict, "Thai, Kadai and Indonesian: a new alignment in south east Asia" in American Anthropologist vol. 44 (1942) pp. 576-601.
  • Paul K. Benedict, Austro-Thai language and culture, with a glossary of roots. New Haven: HRAF Press, 1975. ISBN 0875363237.
  • M. Carr, Austro-Tai *Tsum(b)anget 'spirit' and Archaic Chinese *XmwângXmwet [Chinese characters for huanghu] 'bliss'. Tōkyō: Tōkyō Gaikokugo Daigaku, 1986.
  • Paul K. Benedict, Japanese/Austro-Tai. Ann Arbor: Karoma, 1990. ISBN 0897200780.
  • G. Thurgood, "Tai-Kadai and Austronesian: the nature of the relationship" in Oceanic Linguistics vol. 33 (1994) pp. 345-368.

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