Home›Sino-Tibetan Languages›Language Family (Classification)Browse ByLanguage Family (Classification)This dimension links a language to the wider family it belongs to. Wikipedia describes Spanish as "a Romance language of the Indo-European language family," placing it inside two nested groupings at once. Browsing by language family gathers languages that share the same distant common ancestor.FactsLanguage Family (Classification)SourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEstimated Speakers (Millions)Well-attested1400 1Language Family (Classification)Filter Results3 entriesRegionAllAsia (3)East Asia (3)Southeast Asia (3)Speaker Count BandAll16,000,000 to 59,000,000 (3)430,000 to 5,500,000 (1)60,000,000 to 1,500,000,000 (1)Official StatusAllCo-Official Language (1)National Language (Symbolic, Not Sole Official) (2)No Official Status (1)Official Language (1)StatusAllClassical (No Native Speakers) (1)Living (3)Script UsedAllBopomofo (1)Burmese Script (1)Han Script (3)Tibetan Script (1)Language KindAllExtinct (1)Safe (3)TonalAllTonal (3)Word OrderAllSOV (1)SVO (2)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)Classification ConfidenceAllEstablished (3)Number of LanguagesAll8 (1)30 (1)519 (1)Reconstructed AncestorAllReconstructed (3)Speaker CountAll75,000,000 (1)1,300,000,000 (1)1,386,000,000 (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareMin ChineseLanguage Family (Classification)1 entrySiniticLanguage Family (Classification)3 entriesSino-TibetanLanguage Family (Classification)6 entriesSources1. 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.