Bodish, named for the Tibetan ethnonym Bod, is a proposed grouping of the Tibetic languages and associated Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in Tibet, North India, Nepal, Bhutan, and North Pakistan. It has not been demonstrated that these languages form a clade, characterized by shared innovations, within Sino-Tibetan.
Facts
Disputed
Proto-Language StatusIt has not been demonstrated that the languages grouped under Bodish form a single clade with shared innovations within Sino-Tibetan; the grouping remains proposed rather than established. 1 RegionTibet, North India, Nepal, Bhutan and North Pakistan. 1 Connections
Ancestor Of
East Bodish is a branch of Bodish spoken in Bhutan and adjacent areas of Tibet, distinct from the central Tibetic languages.
Descends From
Why this is disputed. Bodish (Tibetic and its relatives) belongs within the Sino-Tibetan family; it is linked directly here because the intermediate Tibeto-Burman node is not yet represented as its own entity in this atlas.
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Bodish Languages
WikipediaWikipedia, lead section: Bodish languagesQuote, Wikipedia, lead section: Bodish languages
It has not been demonstrated that all these languages form a clade, characterized by shared innovations, within Sino-Tibetan.
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