Proto-Tai | |
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Reconstruction of | Tai languages |
Reconstructed ancestor |
Proto-Tai is the reconstructed proto-language (common ancestor) of all the Tai languages, including modern Lao, Shan, Tai Lü, Tai Dam, Ahom, Northern Thai, Standard Thai, Bouyei, and Zhuang. The Proto-Tai language is not directly attested by any surviving texts, but has been reconstructed using the comparative method.
It was reconstructed in 1977 by Li Fang-Kuei[1] and by Pittayawat Pittayaporn in 2009.[2][3]