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Revision as of 17:53, 24 February 2005 by CFynn (talk | contribs) (→External links: - added link to Sino-Bodic)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Sino-Tibetan languages form a language family of about 250 languages of East Asia, in number of speakers worldwide second only to Indo-European. Many of them are tonal.
- Chinese languages: many of which are 'monosyllabic', analytic languages
- Tibeto-Burman languages: (Refer to Tibeto-Burman languages and their subgrouping for more details)
- Kamarupan
- Himalayish
- Qiangic
- Kachinic
- Lolo-Burmese
- Karenic
Some linguists believe the Tai-Kadai languages probably deserve a place within an expanded version of this family, though others favor the Austronesian family to include them.
External links
- Tibeto-Burman languages and their subgrouping
- Sino-Bodic - George van Driem