Tai-Kadai


Tai-Ka·dai

T5017130 (tī-kä′dī′) n. A language family including the Tai subfamily and other languages of southern China and Southeast Asia.
[Tai + Kadai (coined from ka-, prefix in Laqua (Tai-Kadai language of Vietnam and southern China) kădăŭ and Gelao (Tai-Kadai language of Vietnam and southern China) kǎtsü, man, human being + Dai).]
Tai-Ka′dai′ adj.