Siangic languages

Not to be confused with Siang language.

Siangic
Geographic distribution	Arunachal Pradesh
Linguistic classification	possibly Sino-Tibetan or an independent family
Subdivisions	Koro Milang
Language codes
Glottolog	koro1317

The Siangic languages are a small family of possibly Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in Arunachal Pradesh, northeast India. They are Koro and Milang. The latter used to be classified as a divergent member of the Tani languages.

The Siangic languages have a large proportion of non-Sino-Tibetan core vocabulary. It is not yet clear whether this is a substrate in an otherwise Sino-Tibetan family, shared to a lesser extent with the Tani languages, or whether Siangic is an independent language family that has undergone extensive Sino-Tibetan influence.

Greater Siangic

Greater Siangic
(proposed)
Geographic distribution	Arunachal Pradesh
Linguistic classification	possibly Sino-Tibetan or an independent family
Subdivisions	Siangic Digaro Tani
Language codes
Glottolog	macr1268 mish1241

Roger Blench (2014) proposes a Greater Siangic family that includes the Digaro languages (Idu Mishmi and Taraon) and Pre-Tani, the hypothetical substrate language branch of Tani before it became relexified by Sino-Tibetan.

• Proto-Greater Siangic
  • Pre-Tani
  • Idu-Taraon
  • Proto-Siangic
    • Koro
    • Milang

Bibliography

• Post, Mark W. and Roger Blench (2011). "Siangic: A new language phylum in North East India", 6th International Conference of the North East India Linguistics Society, Tezpur University, Assam, India, Jan 31 – Feb 2.
• Blench, Roger (2014). Fallen leaves blow away: a neo-Hammarstromian approach to Sino-Tibetan classification. Presentation given at the University of New England, Armidale, 6 September 2014.