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Kam–Tai languages
The Kam–Tai languages, also called Dong–Tai (Chinese: 侗台语支) or Zhuang–Dong (Chinese: 壮侗语族) in China, are a proposed primary branch of the Kra–Dai language family. The Kam–Tai grouping is primarily used in China, including by the linguists Liang & Zhang (1996). Liang & Zhang (1996) classify Kam–Sui, Be, and Tai together as the Dong-Tai 侗台 branch, due to the large number of lexical items shared by all three branches vis-a-vis the more divergent Kra (Chinese: Geyang 仡央) and Hlai (Chinese: Li 黎) branches. Liang & Zhang (1996) also propose a reconstruction of Proto-Kam–Tai. A Kam–Tai group consisting of Kam–Sui and Tai is accepted by Edmondson & Solnit (1988). Hansell (1988) considers Be to be a sister of the Tai branch based on shared vocabulary, and proposes a Be–Tai grouping within Kam–Tai. This classification is also followed by Norquest (2015).However, Ostapirat (2005) and various other linguists do not make use of the Kam–Tai grouping.
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Kam–Tai languages
The Kam–Tai languages, also called Zhuang–Dong in China or Be–Kam–Tai, are a proposed primary branch of the Tai–Kadai language family, and include all major languages of that family. Ethnologue lists 76 languages in this branch. This makes it the largest branch of the Tai–Kadai language family containing over 80% of those languages. Based on the large number of vocabulary they share, three of the five branches of Tai–Kadai, namely Kam–Sui, Be, and Tai, are often classified together as Kam–Tai or Be–Kam–Tai. However, this is negative evidence, possibly due to lexical replacement in the other branches, and morphological similarities suggest that Kam–Sui should instead be grouped with Kra, one of the other branches, as Northern Tai–Kadai, and that Tai should be grouped with the final branch, Hlai, as Southern Tai–Kadai.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of kam–tai languages in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of kam–tai languages in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
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