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===Austronesian=== {{main|Sino-Austronesian languages}} Laurent Sagart proposes a "Sino–Austronesian" family with Sino–Tibetan and [[Austronesian languages|Austronesian]] (including [[Kra–Dai languages|Kra–Dai]] as a [[Austro-Tai languages|subbranch]]) as primary branches. [[Stanley Starosta]] has extended this proposal with a further branch called "Yangzian" joining Hmong–Mien and Austroasiatic. The proposal has been largely rejected by other linguists who argue that the similarities between Austronesian and Sino–Tibetan more likely arose from contact rather than being genetic.<ref name="Li 1995">{{cite book |surname=Li |given=Paul Jenkuei |title=The Ancestry of the Chinese Language |publisher=Chinese University Press |year=1995 |editor-surname=Wang |editor-given=William S-Y. |series=''Journal of Chinese Linguistics'' Monograph Series |volume=8 |pages=92–112 |chapter=Is Chinese genetically related to Austronesian? |jstor=23826144 |issue=8}}</ref><ref name="Blust 2009">{{cite book |surname=Blust |given=Robert |title=The Ancestry of the Chinese Language |publisher=Chinese University Press |year=1995 |editor-surname=Wang |editor-given=William S-Y. |series=''Journal of Chinese Linguistics'' Monograph Series |volume=8 |pages=283–298 |chapter=An Austronesianist looks at Sino-Austronesian |jstor=23826144 |issue=8}}</ref><ref name="Vovin 1997">{{cite journal |year=1997 |title=The comparative method and ventures beyond Sino-Tibetan |journal=Journal of Chinese Linguistics |volume=25 |pages=308–336 |jstor=23756693 |given=Alexander |surname=Vovin |number=2}}</ref>
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