Tai-kadai

adj, name

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Synonym of Kra-Dai (“pertaining to that family”). not-comparable
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of Kra-Dai (“a major language family spoken in large parts of Southeast Asia”).

Etymology

From Tai + Kadai. Coined by Paul K. Benedict in 1942.

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