Waic languages

Gérard Diffloth reconstructed Proto-Waic in a 1980 paper. His classification is as follows (Sidwell 2009). (Note: Individual languages are highlighted in italics.)

• Waic
  • Samtau (later renamed "Blang" by Diffloth)
    • Samtau
  • Wa–Lawa–La
    • Wa proper
      • Wa
    • Lawa
      • Bo Luang
      • Umphal

The recently discovered Meung Yum and Savaiq languages^[1][2] of Shan State, Burma also belong to the Wa language cluster.

Other Waic languages in Shan State, eastern Myanmar are En and Siam (Hsem),^[3][4] which are referred to by Scott (1900)^[5] as En and Son. Hsiu (2015)^[6] classifies En, Son, and Tai Loi in Scott (1900) as Waic languages, citing the Waic phonological innovation from Proto-Palaungic *s- > h- instead of the Angkuic phonological innovation from Proto-Palaungic *s- > s-.

• Sidwell, Paul. 2009. Classifying the Austroasiatic languages: history and state of the art. LINCOM studies in Asian linguistics, 76. Munich: Lincom Europa.
• Shintani Tadahiko. 2016. The Va (En) language. Linguistic survey of Tay cultural area (LSTCA) no. 108. Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA).

• SOAS Wa Dictionary Project and Internet Database for Minority Languages of Burma (Myanmar)