More evidence for the genetic relationship between Austronesian and Kam-Tai
支持侗台语和南岛语亲缘关系的更多证据
Baoya Chen 陈保亚; Feng Wang 汪锋

Abstract 摘要
This paper provides more evidence for the genetic relationship between Austronesian and Kam-Tai. After an examination of the previous studies, it is preferred to compare modern languages directly at current stage, though some reconstructed Proto-languages are also used with caution. Dehong Dai, as a representative of Kam-Tai, and Indonesian, as a representative of Austronesian, have been compared, and systematic sound correspondences between them are established. According to Rank analysis, there are more Dai-Indonesian related words in High rank than those in Low rank, which indicates genetic relationship. Updated evidence and rank analysis show that both Kam-Tai languages and Austronesian languages are genetically related, respectively. Therefore, according to transitivity of genetic relatedness, Kam-Tai and Austronesian should be genetically related. Moreover, sound correspondences between Proto-Tai and Indonesian have been worked out. And Rank analysis confirms the genetic relationship. Finally, via the similar procedure, it is found that the genetic relationship between Austronesian with either Chinese or Tibeto-Burman are not confirmed because the related words between them in High rank are less than those in Low rank.

本文为南岛语和侗台语的亲缘关系提供了更多证据。在仔细检查前人的相关研究之后，我们认为目前情况下，最好直接比较现代语言，尽管一些原始语言的重构也用来作为本文的左证。在比较了作为侗台语代表的德宏傣语和作为南岛语代表的印度尼西亚语后，二者之间系统的对应建立起来了。在此基础上的词阶分析显示，有更多的关系语素落在高阶中，也就是支持二者之间的亲缘关系。根据最新的材料和词阶分析也进一步确认了侗台诸语言之间和南岛诸语言之间的亲缘关系。遵照亲缘关系的可传递性，侗台语应该与南岛语同源。我们还进一步比较了原始台语和印度尼西亚语，二者之间的关系语素也同样支持同源关系。应用同样的比较步骤来分析南岛语同汉语或者同藏缅语的关系，关系语素都显示在高阶少而低阶多，也就是说，南岛语同汉语或者同藏缅语的亲缘关系还不能确认。

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Genetic relationship 亲缘关系 Kam-Tai侗台 Austronesian 南岛语系 Rank analysis 排位分析

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