Kachin–Luic languages
| Kachin–Luic | |
|---|---|
| Jingpho–Sak | |
| Geographic distribution: | India, Burma |
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| Glottolog: | jing1259[1] |
The Kachin–Luic or Kachinic languages are a family of Sino-Tibetan languages of the Sal branch spoken in eastern India and Burma, consisting of the Jingpho (aka Kachin) language and the Sak (aka Luish) languages Sak, Kadu, Andro, and Sengmai.
Note: Ethnologue and Glottolog include the extinct or nearly extinct Taman language in the Jingpo branch.
References
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Jingpho–Luish". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
Bibliography
- George van Driem (2001). Languages of the Himalayas: An Ethnolinguistic Handbook of the Greater Himalayan Region. Brill.
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