Publication Keyword: Southwestern Tai

Layers of Chinese loanwords in Proto-Southwestern Tai as Evidence for the dating of the spread of Southwestern Tai

admin20142021

The current ethno-linguistic landscape of mainland Southeast Asia is a result of the spread of Tai speakers from southern China. This study examines Chinese loanwords...

Tonal Developments and Southwestern Tai Subgrouping

admin20132021

This article evaluates the use of tonal development as criteria for Southwestern Tai subgrouping. A literature review shows that Brown (1965) and Chamberlain (1975), the...

Proto-Southwestern Tai revised

admin20082021

Southwestern Tai (SWT) is the best studied among the three main branches of the Tai language family according to Li (1960)’s classification. Because discrepancies among...