The Burmish languages are a subgroup of the Sino-Tibetan languages, consisting of Burmese along with non-literary languages spoken across Myanmar and South China such as Achang, Lhao Vo, Lashi and Zaiwa.
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Why this is disputed. Burmish (Burmese and its relatives) belongs within the Lolo-Burmese branch of Sino-Tibetan; it is linked directly to Sino-Tibetan here because the intermediate Lolo-Burmese and Tibeto-Burman nodes are not yet represented as their own entities in this atlas.
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1. Glottolog: Burmish (languoid record)
GlottologLanguoid record: child_language_count
"child_language_count": 17
Languoid record: level and category
"level": "family", "bookkeeping": false, "category": "Family"
View the Source 2. Burmish languages, Wikipedia
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The various Burmish languages have a total of 35 million native speakers.
Wikidata: Burmish languages
Wikidata Q865713, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
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