侗台语民族、百越及南岛语民族关系刍论

长期以来对侗台语民族的研究大多是零散的,主要以其中的某一个民族为研究对象,很少有从整体上来研究侗台语民族,特别是从它与百越、南岛语族之间的关系层面来研究。据研究,从中国东南沿海到中南半岛,南至东南亚诸岛,东方延至太平洋环形岛链的广阔地区,历史上曾存在着广泛的联系。而侗台语民族则是这块辐射状的链环中的重要部分。侗台语民族不但是百越的重要成员,而且是百越的最直接的继承者。揭示侗台语民族的历史与现状,对于探求侗台语民族与周边民族的历史关系以及内部诸支系的形成与分化,具有积极的意义。

A Preliminary Comment on the Relationship among Kam-Tai Family,Baiyue and Austronesian Family

Since long ago researches on Kam-Tai family are scattered.They only take certain ethnic as their research object and researches on Kam-Tai family as a whole are rarely found,least to say researches from the aspect of the relationship between Baiyue and Austronesian family.According to the previous researches,there have been widespread contacts between places from southeast coast in China to Indo-China peninsula,extending to islands of Southeast Asia in the south and broad area of ring-like island chain of the Pacific in the east in history.The Kam-Tai family then was an important part of the radiate shaped chain.The Kam-Tai family is not only a member of Baiyue family but also the first heir of Baiyue family.So the discovery of the history and present situation of Kam-Tai family is of great significance on exploring the historical relationship between Kam-Tai family and the surrounding nationalities and the forming and splitting of its branches.