Langenesis

Kra-Dai family

Proto-Tai

c. 0 CE – 800 CE Reconstructed

Proto-Tai (c. 0 CE – 800 CE) is a reconstructed Kra-Dai language. It has 5 descendant languages and stages on the map. Lineage: Proto-Kra-Dai → Proto-Tai.

See Proto-Tai on the interactive map

Ancestor of the Tai branch, spoken in the Guangxi–northern Vietnam area. Southwestern Tai spread into Southeast Asia from ~8th–10th c. (Pittayaporn).

Lineage

  1. Proto-Kra-Daic. 2,000 BCE – 500 BCE
  2. Proto-Taic. 0 CE – 800 CE

Descendants 5

Sources