Sino-Tibetan languages (proposed)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Sino-Tibetan_languages_(proposed)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	language family
gptkbp:alternativeName	gptkb:Trans-Himalayan_languages
gptkbp:branch	gptkb:Tibeto-Burman_languages gptkb:Sinitic_languages
gptkbp:class	disputed
gptkbp:controversy	classification debated
gptkbp:descendedFrom	gptkb:Proto-Sino-Tibetan
gptkbp:glottologCode	sino1245
gptkbp:hasSubgroup	gptkb:Dragon gptkb:Bai gptkb:Lisu gptkb:Bodo-Koch gptkb:Mizo-Kuki-Chin gptkb:Lepcha gptkb:Toto gptkb:Naxi gptkb:Nu gptkb:Qiang gptkb:Qiangic gptkb:Rawang gptkb:Sal gptkb:Tangut gptkb:Tani gptkb:Tibeto-Burman gptkb:Baic gptkb:Dhimalish gptkb:Mikir gptkb:Mru gptkb:Sinitic gptkb:Kiranti gptkb:Bodish gptkb:Bodo-Garo gptkb:Chepangic gptkb:Gyalrongic gptkb:Jingpho-Luish gptkb:Karenic gptkb:Kuki-Chin gptkb:Loloish gptkb:Magaric gptkb:Nungish gptkb:Tamangic gptkb:Tshangla gptkb:Dura gptkb:Lolo-Burmese Mruic Kachinic
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Sino-Tibetan languages (proposed)
gptkbp:ISO639-3	sit
gptkbp:languageFamily	sit
gptkbp:linguisticResearch	ongoing
gptkbp:linguisticTypology	analytic tonal (many languages)
gptkbp:notableLanguage	gptkb:Cantonese gptkb:Mandarin_Chinese gptkb:Tibetan gptkb:Meitei Burmese Dzongkha
gptkbp:notablePerson	gptkb:Sun_Hongkai gptkb:George_van_Driem gptkb:Graham_Thurgood gptkb:Nicholas_Tournadre gptkb:Martha_Ratliff gptkb:Juha_Janhunen gptkb:Christopher_Beckwith gptkb:David_Prager_Branner gptkb:Jeroen_Wiedenhof gptkb:Mao_Zongwu gptkb:Randy_LaPolla gptkb:Zhāng_Jìngzhōng gptkb:Paul_K._Benedict gptkb:Guillaume_Jacques gptkb:James_Matisoff gptkb:David_Bradley gptkb:Scott_DeLancey gptkb:Laurent_Sagart
gptkbp:numberOfSpeakers	over 1.4 billion
gptkbp:origin	possibly Neolithic China
gptkbp:region	gptkb:Central_Asia gptkb:South_Asia gptkb:Southeast_Asia gptkb:East_Asia gptkb:Himalayas gptkb:Northeast_India
gptkbp:status	proposed
gptkbp:writingSystem	gptkb:Meitei_Mayek gptkb:Burmese_script gptkb:Chinese_characters gptkb:Latin_script gptkb:Tibetan_script
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Dené–Yeniseian_languages
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7