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Table 4 Linguistic distance matrix

From: Genetic structure of the Mon-Khmer speaking groups and their affinity to the neighbouring Tai populations in Northern Thailand

 

Austroasiatic, Mon-Khmer

Tai-Kadai, Tai

 

MO

LW1

LW2

PA

BL(1,2)

TN1

TN2

KH

LU

YU

YO

MO

*

       

(1,2,3,4)

(1,2,3,4)

 

LW1

2

*

         

LW2

2

1

*

        

PA

2

1

1

*

       

BL(1-2)

2

1

1

1

*

      

TN1

2

2

2

2

2

*

     

TN2

2

2

2

2

2

1

*

    

KH

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

*

   

LU(1,2,3,4)

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

1

*

  

YU(1,2,3,4)

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

2

2

*

 

YO

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

2

2

2

*

  1. Bold letter: Mon-Khmer speaking populations. For population names see Table 1. Samples Blang (BL) 1-2, Lue (LU) 1-4, and Yuan (YU) 1-4 have been merged in this table because their linguistic distance is 0.