Linguistic classification of Tai Dam dialects and immigration support
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This research paper is an analysis of the subgrouping of Tai Dam dialects in Southeast Asia by using linguistic criteria—mainly tonal development—as well as consonant and vowel development. It further analyzes the relationship between the mentioned linguistic criteria and the migration patterns of Tai Dam people based on comparative and historical linguistics, and sociolinguistic approaches. The research found that the development of proto-Tai Dam tones focusing on the phonetic characteristics of ‘A’ tone, can be used to classify Tai Dam dialects in Thailand. The changes of proto-Tai Dam consonants and vowels show that Tai Dam dialect used in Thailand are more closely related to the Tai Dam in Laos—who are present-day Tai Dam migrants—than they are to the Tai Dam in Vietnam, who are the original Tai Dam. This Tai Dam classification correlates with the history of Tai Dam migration.
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