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Kadai
noun
a family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia
Syn: ↑Kam-Tai, ↑Kadai language
Hypernyms: ↑Sino-Tibetan, ↑Sino-Tibetan language
Hyponyms: ↑Kam-Sui, ↑Tai

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\\ˈkäˌdī\ noun (-s)
Usage: usually capitalized
: a language family of southern China and northern Vietnam held to be related to Thai

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/kah"duy/, n.
1. a group of languages related to the Thai group and spoken by a small population in southern China and northern Vietnam.
2. a language family consisting of this group and the Thai group.
adj.
3. of or pertaining to Kadai.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.