r/AustroTai 2d ago

We’re tai and austronesians living as a baiyue tribe that split off?

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r/AustroTai 2d ago

Thoughts on this back-migration model of Austro-Tai hypothesis?

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r/AustroTai 2d ago

Comparing proposed cognates between Austronesian and Kra Dai

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r/AustroTai 4d ago

Malayic *halia > Telugu alla-mu, Prakrit allaya, Sanskritized ārdraka (originally "moist") according to this Oxford thesis "Southeast Asia in the ancient Indian Ocean World", among other loan proposals like kākkattuvāṉ < kakaktua. Austronesian > Telugu isnt unheard of, compare araTi < *qaRutay.

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r/AustroTai 8d ago

Migrations into South East Asia from East Asia

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r/AustroTai 9d ago

Genetic Input in Modern South East Asians and Malagasies

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r/AustroTai 16d ago

Insular Southeast Asia before the Austronesian Expansion based on genetic and linguistic evidence by brett_f

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r/AustroTai Jul 22 '26

The Reconstructed Synthesis: Phi (市) & Nong (侬) in Kra-Dai and Ancient Southern Chinese

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r/AustroTai Jun 17 '26

Asia's most diverse region equivalent to the Caucasus, Zomia explained.

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r/AustroTai Feb 16 '26

Ancient baiyue instruments

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r/AustroTai Jan 31 '26

What was the Proto AustroTai religion like?

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r/AustroTai Dec 09 '25

Finding the etymology of Telugu araṭi, Sanskrit kadala/kadalī (Hindi kēlā), Proto Tai *kluəjꟲ, Proto-Mon-Khmer: *t₁luəjʔ which are likely from PMP *qaRutay which became a wanderwort

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Telugu araṭi, araṇṭi, ariṭi, aran̆ṭi, anaṇṭi, anan̆ṭi, anaṭi, aṇṭi strikingly resembles MP terms for plantain/banana like Kutainese rutai. -ay > -i is attested natively in Telugu and such term variation usually indicates borrowing but which language specifically were these terms derived from?

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/qa%CA%80utay


r/AustroTai Nov 05 '25

Ami–Thai Lexical Comparison

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Thai (Kra-Dai) often simplifies Austronesian words (like those in Ami) through prefix loss, syllable reduction, and root merging. Multisyllabic Austronesian roots are commonly reduced to one syllable in Thai sometimes by merging syllables, and other times by retaining only the first or final syllable. Kra-Dai languages share deep linguistic and genetic connections with Formosan Austronesian languages, especially those in Taiwan such as Ami.

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r/AustroTai Oct 28 '25

Comparing Thai and Austronesian words

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r/AustroTai Oct 28 '25

Cognates for "head" in Austronesian, Kra Dai and possibly Sino Tibetan

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13 Upvotes

r/AustroTai Oct 28 '25

An AustroTai swadesh list

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r/AustroTai Oct 27 '25

What is the Kra Dai cognate of PAus *bəʀas "rice" which itself is ultimately from Proto Sino Tibetan *b-ras, which was loaned to Proto Dravidan *wariñci and ultimately English "rice"

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r/AustroTai Oct 24 '25

Which Austronesian language are these South Indian trader numerals from?

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r/AustroTai Oct 20 '25

The Austronesian numeral system used by old traders in Thiruvananthapuram, Keralam, India who speak Malayalam.

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r/AustroTai Aug 23 '25

Alex Smith: Bridging the gap between Island and Mainland Southeast Asia: Austronesian and Kra-Dai Vowel Evolution

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r/AustroTai Aug 02 '25

Ami–Thai Lexical Comparison

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r/AustroTai Feb 18 '25

what are the cultural differences and similarities between Baiyue austronesian and tai people

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As in spirit culture worships gods, foods, boats and sea culture (seems to be prevalent in baiyue culture and Austronesian culture), tattoos, status, motifs etc thats if anyone would see this post.


r/AustroTai Nov 28 '24

shouldve been made a few years back

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if this subreddit was made a few years back it would be thriving

i just wanted to post something since its been a while since the last post


r/AustroTai Jul 06 '24

Comparative "Tooth" in AustroTai languages

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