Sino-Tibetan family

GPTKB entity

Statements (56)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf language family
gptkbp:alternativeName Sino-Tibeto-Burman family
Trans-Himalayan family
gptkbp:branch gptkb:Tibeto-Burman_languages
gptkb:Sinitic_languages
gptkbp:glottologCode sino1245
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sino-Tibetan family
gptkbp:ISO639-3 sit
gptkbp:language over 400
gptkbp:largestCity gptkb:Mandarin_Chinese
gptkbp:linguisticClassification one of the world's major language families
gptkbp:notableContributor gptkb:George_van_Driem
gptkb:Paul_K._Benedict
gptkb:James_Matisoff
gptkb:Robert_Shafer
gptkb:Laurent_Sagart
gptkbp:notableLanguage gptkb:Cantonese
gptkb:Mandarin_Chinese
gptkb:Tibetan
gptkb:Meitei
gptkb:Karen_languages
Burmese
gptkbp:numberOfSpeakers over 1.5 billion
gptkbp:originatedIn gptkb:Neolithic_China
gptkbp:relatedTo Austroasiatic languages (distantly, debated)
gptkbp:researchIssues relationship to other Asian language families debated
internal classification debated
gptkbp:secondLargestLanguage Burmese
gptkbp:spokenIn gptkb:South_Asia
gptkb:Southeast_Asia
gptkb:East_Asia
gptkb:Himalayas
gptkb:Northeast_India
gptkbp:subfamily gptkb:Tibeto-Burman
gptkb:Sinitic
gptkb:Bodish
gptkb:Karenic
gptkb:Lolo-Burmese
gptkbp:thirdLargestLanguage gptkb:Tibetan
gptkbp:UNESCOStatus many endangered languages
gptkbp:writingSystem gptkb:Meitei_Mayek
gptkb:Burmese_script
gptkb:Chinese_characters
gptkb:Latin_script
gptkb:Tibetan_script
gptkbp:分布地区 gptkb:Bangladesh
gptkb:Bhutan
gptkb:China
gptkb:India
gptkb:Laos
gptkb:Myanmar
gptkb:Nepal
gptkb:Thailand
gptkb:Vietnam
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:漢藏語族
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6