Ostapirat, Weera <br/><br/>
Macrophyletic trees of east Asian languages re examined.  
Weera Ostapirat 
 - Osaka-JP :   National Museum Ethnology,   2018. 
 - páginas 107-121:  ilustraciones en blanco y negro. 
 - no. 98 (2018) 
 - Senri Ethnological Studies ;   no. 98 .
 - National Museum of Ethnology Osaka. .
<br/><br/> This paper re-examines the linguistic relationship among the five major language stocks of East Asia: Sino-Tibetan, Austronesian, Austroasiatic, Kra-Dai, and Miao-Yao. Various issues related to current macrophyletic proposals can be traced back to the influential hypotheses of the past century, namely, the Indo-Chinese hypothesis, Austric, and Austro-Tai. Discussions focused on the relationship between Tai and Chinese, between Tai and Austronesian, and on the position of Miao-Yao with respect to Sino-Tibetan and Austroasiatic. Basic vocabulary lists are adapted to test the competing hypotheses and to justify genetic versus contact relationships. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>GRUPOS LINGUISTICOS SINO TIBETANO AUSTRONESIO KRA-DAI MIAO-YAO