Tibeto-Burman languages
The Tibeto-Burman family of languages (often considered a sub-group of the Sino-Tibetan language family) is spoken in various central and south Asian countries, including Myanmar (Burma), Tibet, northern Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, parts of central China (Guizhou, Hunan), northern parts of Nepal, north-eastern parts of Bangladesh, Bhutan, western Pakistan (Baltistan), and various regions of India (Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, and both the Ladakh and Kargil regions of Jammu and Kashmir).
| Tibeto-Burman | |
|---|---|
| Geographic distribution: | Southeast Asia, East Asia, South Asia |
| Linguistic classification: | Sino-Tibetan
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| Proto-language: | Proto-Tibeto-Burman |
| Subdivisions: |
Bodish, Burmo-Qiangic, Chepangic, Dura, Gongduk, Karenic, Lepcha, Lhokpu, Magaric, Mahakiranti, Mru, Newar, Nungish, Pyu, Raji–Raute, Sal, Tani (Miric), Tamangic, Tshangla, West Himalayish, Zakhring
Unclassified TB: Tujia
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| ISO 639-5: | tbq |
The subfamily includes approximately 350 languages; Burmese has the most speakers (approximately 32 million). Approximately 8 million Tibetans and related peoples speak one of several related Tibetan dialects or languages.
Bibliography
change- Benedict, Paul K. (1972). Sino-Tibetan: A conspectus. J. A. Matisoff (Ed.). Cambridge: The University Press. ISBN 0-521-08175-0.
- Bradley, David. (1997). Tibeto-Burman languages and classification. In D. Bradley (Ed.), Papers in South East Asian linguistics: Tibeto-Burman languages of the Himalayas (No. 14, pp. 1–71). Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.
- Shafer, Robert. (1966). Introduction to Sino-Tibetan (Part 1). Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz.
- Shafer, Robert. (1967). Introduction to Sino-Tibetan (Part 2). Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz.
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