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Tai-Kadai and Austronesian Links by Bismarck John Salazar is a document available to read on EtoBox.
This document discusses the relationship between Tai-Kadai (Daic) languages and Austronesian languages at multiple levels of linguistic analysis. It evaluates proposals that Daic is directly related to Proto-Austronesian or to a subset like Proto-Malayo-Polynesian. The author suggests that the evidence best supports a "multi-genetic" model where intense early contact across the Taiwan Strait allowed different Austronesian elements to contribute to the formation of Daic languages. This explains comparisons s
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- Bismarck John Salazar
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- EN