Language Family

Naish languages

Eurasian Language Families

The Naish languages are a low-level subgroup of Sino-Tibetan languages that include Naxi, Na (Mosuo), and Laze.

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Classification Confidence

Established 1

Reconstructed Ancestor

Reconstructed 2

Region

Yunnan and Sichuan, China 2

Proto-Language Status

Reconstructed (Proto-Naish, Jacques and Michaud 2011) 2

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Number of Languages

3 1

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Sources

1. Glottolog: Naish (languoid record)

Glottolog

Languoid record: child_language_count
"child_language_count": 3
Languoid record: level and category
"level": "family", "bookkeeping": false, "category": "Family"

2. Naish languages - Wikipedia

Infobox, geographic distribution
Geographic distribution: Yunnan and Sichuan
Reconstruction section
Proto-Naish, the proto-language ancestral to the Naish languages, has been reconstructed by Jacques & Michaud (2011)
Infobox: protoname
Proto-Naish

Wikidata: Naish languages

Wikidata Q25047956, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)

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