Trans-Himalayan languages

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Trans-Himalayan_languages

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	language family
gptkbp:alternativeName	gptkb:Sino-Tibetan_languages
gptkbp:controversy	classification debated
gptkbp:glottologCode	sino1245
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Trans-Himalayan languages
gptkbp:ISO639-3	sit
gptkbp:linguisticFeature	tonal languages common SOV and SVO word orders analytic grammar common
gptkbp:notableLanguage	gptkb:Mandarin_Chinese gptkb:Tibetan gptkb:Meitei Burmese Dzongkha Newar
gptkbp:numberOfSpeakers	over 1.5 billion
gptkbp:proposedBy	gptkb:George_van_Driem 2001
gptkbp:region	gptkb:South_Asia gptkb:Southeast_Asia gptkb:East_Asia gptkb:Himalayas
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Sino-Tibetan_languages
gptkbp:spokenIn	gptkb:Bangladesh gptkb:Bhutan gptkb:China gptkb:India gptkb:Laos gptkb:Myanmar gptkb:Nepal gptkb:Pakistan gptkb:Thailand gptkb:Tibet gptkb:Vietnam gptkb:Arunachal_Pradesh gptkb:Assam gptkb:Gansu gptkb:Ladakh gptkb:Nagaland gptkb:Qinghai gptkb:Sichuan gptkb:Sikkim gptkb:Yunnan gptkb:Kham
gptkbp:subfamily	gptkb:Tibeto-Burman gptkb:Sinitic
gptkbp:writingSystem	gptkb:Burmese_script gptkb:Chinese_characters gptkb:Devanagari gptkb:Tibetan_script
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Sino-Tibetan_languages_(proposed)
gptkbp:bfsLayer	8