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Sino-Tibetan Branches

Sino-Tibetan is the second largest language family in the world by native speakers, spanning Sinitic, the Chinese languages, and the diverse Tibeto-Burman languages spoken across the Himalayas, the Tibetan plateau, Myanmar and the hill regions of northeastern India and southern China. This group holds every Eurasian Language Families member whose own sourced description identifies it as Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman or as a named branch within that family, including Loloish, Bodish, Naga, Karenic, Qiangic, Kuki-Chin and the many smaller branches documented in the family's own internal classification, covering both individual small language families and named intermediate branches at whatever level this atlas already records them.

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Estimated Living Languages
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Sino-Tibetan Branches
Filter Results77 entries

Angami-Pochuri languages

Eurasian Language Families
1 link

Ao languages

Eurasian Language Families
1 link

Bai language

Eurasian Language Families

Baram-Thangmi languages

Eurasian Language Families

Bisoid languages

Eurasian Language Families

Bodic Languages

Eurasian Language Families

Bodish languages

Eurasian Language Families
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Boro-Garo languages

Eurasian Language Families
1 link

Boroic languages

Eurasian Language Families

Burmish languages

Eurasian Language Families
1 link

Burmo-Qiangic languages

Eurasian Language Families

Cai-Long languages

Eurasian Language Families

Central Loloish languages

Eurasian Language Families
1 link

Central Naga languages

Eurasian Language Families

Central Tibeto-Burman languages

Eurasian Language Families

Chamdo languages

Eurasian Language Families

Chepangic languages

Eurasian Language Families
1 link

Dhimalish languages

Eurasian Language Families

Digaro languages

Eurasian Language Families
1 link

East Bodish languages

Eurasian Language Families
1 link

Ersuic languages

Eurasian Language Families

Ghale languages

Eurasian Language Families

Greater Magaric languages

Eurasian Language Families
1 link

Greater Siangic languages

Eurasian Language Families

Gyalrongic languages

Eurasian Language Families

Hani languages

Eurasian Language Families

Hmaric languages

Eurasian Language Families

Hrusish languages

Eurasian Language Families
1 link

Hruso

Eurasian Language Families

Jingpho-Luish languages

Eurasian Language Families

Karenic

Eurasian Language Families
1 link

Karenni languages

Eurasian Language Families

Kazhuoish languages

Eurasian Language Families

Khomic languages

Eurasian Language Families

Kiranti languages

Eurasian Language Families

Koch languages

Eurasian Language Families

Konyak languages

Eurasian Language Families

Kuki-Chin

Eurasian Language Families
1 link

Kuki-Chin-Naga languages

Eurasian Language Families

Ladakhi-Balti languages

Eurasian Language Families

Lawoish languages

Eurasian Language Families

Lolo-Burmese

Eurasian Language Families

Loloish

Eurasian Language Families

Luish languages

Eurasian Language Families

Macro-Bai languages

Eurasian Language Families

Magaric languages

Eurasian Language Families

Mahakiranti languages

Eurasian Language Families

Maraic languages

Eurasian Language Families

Miji languages

Eurasian Language Families
1 link

Mijiic languages

Eurasian Language Families

Miju

Eurasian Language Families

Min Chinese

Eurasian Language Families

Mruic languages

Eurasian Language Families

Naish languages

Eurasian Language Families

Newaric languages

Eurasian Language Families

Nisoish languages

Eurasian Language Families

Northeastern Kuki-Chin languages

Eurasian Language Families
1 link

Northwestern Kuki-Chin languages

Eurasian Language Families

Nungish languages

Eurasian Language Families

Pwo Karen languages

Eurasian Language Families
1 link

Qiangic

Eurasian Language Families

Sal languages

Eurasian Language Families

Siloid languages

Eurasian Language Families

Sinitic

Eurasian Language Families

Sino-Austronesian languages

Eurasian Language Families

Sino-Tibetan

Eurasian Language Families
12 links

Sino-Uralic hypothesis

Eurasian Language Families

Southeastern Loloish languages

Eurasian Language Families

Southern Kuki-Chin languages

Eurasian Language Families

Southern Loloish languages

Eurasian Language Families

Taloid languages

Eurasian Language Families

Tamangic languages

Eurasian Language Families

Tangkhulic languages

Eurasian Language Families

Tani languages

Eurasian Language Families

Tibeto-Burman

Eurasian Language Families

West Himalayish languages

Eurasian Language Families

Zemeic languages

Eurasian Language Families
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Sino-Tibetan Languages
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Sino-Tibetan (also referred to as Trans-Himalayan) is a family of more than 400 languages, second only to Indo-European in number of native speakers.
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