According to him, these common features are however not due to a genetic relationship, but rather the result of intense contact. Reconstruction See also Austric languages Austro-Tai languages Hmong–Mien languages Proto-Hlai language Proto-Hmong–Mien language Proto-Kam–Sui language Proto-Kra language Proto-Tibeto-Burman language Proto-Tai language Sino-Austronesian languages Notes References Sources Blench, Roger. 2004. Stratification in the peopling of China: how far does the linguistic evidence match genetics and archaeology? Paper for the Symposium "Human migrations in continental East Asia and Taiwan: genetic, linguistic and archaeological evidence". Geneva June 10–13, 2004. Université de Genève. Edmondson, J.A. and D.B. Solnit eds. 1997. Comparative Kadai: the Tai branch. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics and the University of Texas at Arlington. Further reading Chamberlain, James R. (2016). Kra-Dai and the Proto-History of South China and Vietnam. Journal of the Siam Society, 104, 27-76. Diller, A., J. Edmondson, & Yongxian Luo, ed., (2005). The Tai–Kadai languages. London [etc.]: Routledge. Edmondson, J. A. (1986). Kam tone splits and the variation of breathiness. Edmondson, J. A., & Solnit, D. B. (eds.) (1988). Comparative Kadai: linguistic studies beyond Tai. Summer Institute of Linguistics publications in linguistics, no. 86. Arlington, TX: Summer Institute of Linguistics. Mann, Noel, Wendy Smith and Eva Ujlakyova. 2009. Linguistic clusters of Mainland Southeast Asia: an overview of the language families. Chiang Mai: Payap University. Ostapirat, Weera. (2000). "Proto-Kra." Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area 23 (1): 1-251. Somsonge Burusphat, & Sinnott, M. (1998). Kam–Tai oral literatures: collaborative research project between. Salaya Nakhon Pathom, Thailand: Institute of Language and Culture for Rural Development, Mahidol University. External links Word lists of Tai–Kadai languages from the Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database Tai–Kadai word lists by Ilya Peiros (Intercontinental Dictionary Series) StarLing: Tai–Kadai 100-word lists and etymology StarLing: Zhuang–Tai 100-word lists and etymology StarLing: Kam–Sui 100-word lists and etymology Comparative Tai–Kadai Swadesh vocabulary lists (from Wiktionary's Swadesh list appendix) Language families Sino-Austronesian languages