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