Kra-dai

adj, name

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Pertaining to that language family. not-comparable
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A major language family spoken in large parts of Southeast Asia.

Etymology

From Kra + Dai, the names of the two branches of the family. Coined by Thai linguist Weera Ostapirat in 1999.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.