Sino-Tibeto-Burman

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Sino-Tibeto-Burman

GPTKB entity

Statements (77)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	language family
gptkbp:alternativeName	gptkb:Sino-Tibetan
gptkbp:branch	gptkb:Tibeto-Burman gptkb:Sinitic
gptkbp:class	controversial
gptkbp:glottologCode	sino1245
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Sino-Tibeto-Burman
gptkbp:ISO639-3	sit
gptkbp:languageFamily	sit
gptkbp:largestCity	gptkb:Mandarin_Chinese
gptkbp:linguisticClassification	one of the world's major language families
gptkbp:notableLanguage	gptkb:Mandarin_Chinese gptkb:Tibetan gptkb:Yi gptkb:Meitei Burmese
gptkbp:numberOfSpeakers	over 1.5 billion
gptkbp:origin	gptkb:East_Asia
gptkbp:proposedBy	gptkb:August_Conrady gptkb:Robert_Shafer gptkb:Paul_Benedict
gptkbp:region	gptkb:Asia
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Austronesian_languages gptkb:Austroasiatic_languages gptkb:Hmong-Mien_languages gptkb:Kra-Dai_languages
gptkbp:secondLargestLanguage	Burmese
gptkbp:spokenIn	gptkb:South_Asia gptkb:Southeast_Asia gptkb:East_Asia gptkb:Northeast_India
gptkbp:subfamily	gptkb:Akha gptkb:Dragon gptkb:Tibetan gptkb:Bai gptkb:Lisu gptkb:Lepcha gptkb:Yi gptkb:Hani gptkb:Jingpho gptkb:Lahu gptkb:Meitei gptkb:Naxi gptkb:Nu gptkb:Qiang gptkb:Qiangic gptkb:Rawang gptkb:Sal gptkb:Tani gptkb:Tibeto-Burman gptkb:Sinitic gptkb:Kiranti gptkb:Tujia gptkb:Bodish gptkb:Bodo-Garo gptkb:Chepangic gptkb:Gyalrongic gptkb:Jingpho-Luish gptkb:Karenic gptkb:Kuki-Chin gptkb:Loloish gptkb:Magaric gptkb:Tamangic gptkb:Tshangla gptkb:Lolo-Burmese Burmese Karen Mruic
gptkbp:thirdLargestLanguage	gptkb:Tibetan
gptkbp:writingSystem	gptkb:Meitei_Mayek gptkb:Burmese_script gptkb:Chinese_characters gptkb:Latin_script gptkb:Tibetan_script gptkb:Yi_script
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Sino-Tibetan
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5