Comments by "Wei Fan" (@weifan9533) on "CGTN" channel.

@chakkrapongrattanavong1678 Kra-Dai and Austronesians are closely related, they once belonged to the same family called Austro-Tai. The Hlai used to tattoo their faces and their traditional bamboo dance is very similar to Filipino Tinikling. Such dance forms can also be found among the Zhuang people in Guangxi, indicating a common origin.
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@chakkrapongrattanavong1678 And also the Hlai people preserved the original Kradai numbers unlike Thai/Lao who borrowed Sinitic numbers.
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@fantastichuge7006 Such dances are quite common among the ethnic minorities of Southern China, indicating that Austronesians and the Kradai minorities of Southern China likely had a common origin.
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@cesz0695 0.08 isn't even that far, I believe Japanese/Koreans/Northern Chinese are even further away from Hlai than Malaysians. I have the data that Japanese/Koreans are about 0.12 from Cantonese, considering that Hlai is more southern-shifted than Cantonese, the genetic distance between Hlai and Japanese/Koreans should be further away, likely around 0.15 or 0.16.
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