Jingpho–Luish languages
| Kachin–Luic | |
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| Jingpho–Sak | |
| Geographic distribution | India, Burma |
| Linguistic classification | Sino-Tibetan
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| Glottolog | jing1259 |
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
Bibliography
- George van Driem (2001). Languages of the Himalayas: An Ethnolinguistic Handbook of the Greater Himalayan Region. Brill.
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| Western Himalayas (Himachal, Uttarakhand, Nepal, Sikkim) |
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| Eastern Himalayas (Tibet, Bhutan, Arunachal) | |||||
| Myanmar and Indo-Burmese border |
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| East and Southeast Asia |
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| Dubious (possible isolates) (Arunachal) |
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Italics indicates single languages that are also considered to be separate branches. | |||||
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