and Sanqiao 三锹 in Tianzhu, Huitong, and Jing counties (Chen Qiguang 2013:35). Suantang is very similar to New Xiang (新湘语), but is unintelligible with Southwestern Mandarin. Reconstruction The Proto-Kam–Sui language is the reconstructed ancestor of the Kam–Sui languages. See also Hunan Kam-Sui languages comparative vocabulary list (Wiktionary) References Further reading External links ABVD: Proto-Kam–Sui word list