Editing Kra–Dai languages (section)

==Names==
The name "Kra–Dai" was proposed by Weera Ostapirat (2000), as Kra and Dai are the reconstructed [[Exonym and endonym|autonyms]] of the [[Kra languages|Kra]] and [[Tai languages|Tai]] branches, respectively.<ref name=Ostapirat2000 /> "Kra–Dai" has since been used by the majority of specialists working on Southeast Asian linguistics, including [[Peter K. Norquest|Norquest]] (2007),<ref name=norquest /> Pittayaporn (2009),<ref name=pittayaporn>Pittayaporn, Pittayawat. 2009. The phonology of Proto-Tai. Ph.D. Thesis, Cornell University</ref><ref name=jenks>Peter Jenks and Pittayawat Pittayaporn. [http://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/view/document/obo-9780199772810/obo-9780199772810-0178.xml Kra-Dai Languages]. Oxford Bibliographies in "Linguistics", Ed. Mark Aranoff. New York: Oxford University Press.</ref> [[William H. Baxter|Baxter]] & [[Laurent Sagart|Sagart]] (2014),<ref>{{citation| title = Old Chinese: A New Reconstruction| given1 = William H. | surname1 = Baxter | given2 = Laurent | surname2 = Sagart | publisher = Oxford University Press | year = 2014 | isbn = 978-0-19-994537-5| postscript = .}}</ref> and Enfield & [[Bernard Comrie|Comrie]] (2015).<ref>N. J. Enfield and B. Comrie, Eds. 2015. ''Languages of Mainland Southeast Asia: The State of the Art''. Berlin, Mouton de Gruyter.</ref>

The name "Tai–Kadai" is used in many references, as well as ''[[Ethnologue]]'' and ''[[Glottolog]]'', but Ostapirat (2000) and others suggest that it is problematic and confusing, preferring the name "Kra–Dai" instead.<ref name="Ostapirat2000">Ostapirat, Weera. (2000). "[http://sealang.net/sala/archives/pdf8/weera2000proto.pdf Proto-Kra]." ''Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area'' '''23''' (1): 1–251.</ref> "Tai–Kadai" comes from an obsolete bifurcation of the family into two branches, Tai and Kadai, which had first been proposed by [[Paul K. Benedict]] (1942).<ref name="Benedict1942"/> In 1942, Benedict placed three Kra languages ([[Gelao languages|Gelao]], Laqua ([[Qabiao language|Qabiao]]), and [[Lachi language|Lachi]]) together with [[Hlai languages|Hlai]] in a group that he called "Kadai", from ''ka'', meaning "person" in Gelao and Laqua and ''dai'', a form of a Hlai autonym.<ref name="Benedict1942">{{cite journal| first = Paul K. | last = Benedict | author-link = Paul K. Benedict| title = Thai, Kadai, and Indonesian: A New Alignment in Southeastern Asia| journal = American Anthropologist | year = 1942 | volume = 44 | issue = 4 | pages = 576–601| jstor = 663309 | doi = 10.1525/aa.1942.44.4.02a00040 | doi-access = free }}</ref> Benedict's (1942) "Kadai" group was based on his observation that Kra and Hlai languages have [[Austronesian languages|Austronesian]]-like numerals. However, this classification is now universally rejected as obsolete after Ostapirat (2000) demonstrated the coherence of the Kra branch, which does not subgroup with the Hlai branch as Benedict (1942) had proposed. "Kadai" is sometimes used to refer to the entire Kra–Dai family, including by Solnit (1988).<ref name="Solnit1988">Solnit, David B. 1988. "The position of Lakkia within Kadai." In ''Comparative Kadai: Linguistic studies beyond Tai'', Jerold A. Edmondson and David B. Solnit (eds.). pages 219–238. Summer Institute of Linguistics Publications in Linguistics 86. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics and the University of Texas at Arlington.</ref><ref name=edmondson1988 /> Adding to the confusion, some other references{{which|date=February 2024}} restrict the usage of "Kadai" to only the Kra branch of the family.

The name "Daic" is used by [[Roger Blench]] (2008).<ref>Blench, Roger. 2008. ''[http://rb.rowbory.co.uk/Language/Daic/Daic%20prehistory%20paper%20EURASEAA%202008.pdf The Prehistory of the Daic (Tai-Kadai) Speaking Peoples] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190429082046/http://rb.rowbory.co.uk/Language/Daic/Daic%20prehistory%20paper%20EURASEAA%202008.pdf |date=29 April 2019 }}''. Presented at the 12th EURASEAA meeting Leiden, 1–5 September 2008. ([http://www.rogerblench.info/Archaeology/SE%20Asia/Leiden%202008/Prehistory%20of%20Daic%20peoples%20Leiden%202008%20ppt.pdf PPT slides])</ref>