Home›Sino-Tibetan Languages›All Sino-Tibetan LanguagesBrowse ByAll Sino-Tibetan LanguagesReference and ClassificationVerifiedBelongs here: the major spoken Chinese (Sinitic) varieties Mandarin Chinese, Wu Chinese, Yue Chinese, Southern Min and Hakka Chinese, the literary register Classical Chinese, and the Tibeto-Burman languages Burmese and Tibetan. Does not belong here: Vietnamese or Thai, which despite regional proximity and centuries of character and vocabulary borrowing belong to Austroasiatic and Kra-Dai respectively, not Sino-Tibetan.FactsAll Sino-Tibetan LanguagesSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEstimated Speakers (Millions)Well-attested1400 1All Sino-Tibetan LanguagesFilter Results8 entriesLanguage Family (Classification)AllMin Chinese (1)Sinitic (3)Sino-Tibetan (6)RegionAllChina, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia (1)Guangdong, Guangxi, western Hainan, Hong Kong, and Macau (1)Tibet Autonomous Region, U-Tsang (China) (1)StatusAllClassical (No Native Speakers) (1)Living (7)Speaker Count BandAll1200000.000000 (1)32900000.000000 (1)34000000.000000 (1)44000000.000000 (1)83000000.000000 (1)86000000.000000 (1)941000000.000000 (1)Script UsedAllBopomofo (1)Burmese Script (1)Han Script (6)Tibetan Script (1)Period Start YearAll-450 (1)1001 (1)1955 (1)Descends FromAllBeijing Mandarin (1)Jianghuai Mandarin (1)Northeastern Mandarin (1)Southwestern Mandarin (1)Taiwanese Mandarin (1)Language KindAllExtinct (1)Safe (7)Official StatusAllCo-Official Language (1)National Language (Symbolic, Not Sole Official) (1)Official Language (2)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 8BurmeseSino-Tibetan LanguagesClassical ChineseSino-Tibetan LanguagesHakka ChineseSino-Tibetan LanguagesMandarin ChineseSino-Tibetan LanguagesSouthern MinSino-Tibetan LanguagesTibetanSino-Tibetan LanguagesWu ChineseSino-Tibetan LanguagesYue ChineseSino-Tibetan LanguagesSources1. Wikipedia: Sino-Tibetan Languagestier 2Wikimedia FoundationLead section, first paragraphQuote, Lead section, first paragraphAround 1.4 billion people speak a Sino-Tibetan language.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.