Kachin–Luic languages

Kachin–Luic
Jingpho–Sak
Geographic distribution:	India, Burma
Linguistic classification:	Sino-Tibetan Sal ? Kachin–Luic
Subdivisions:	Jingpho (Kachin) Sak (Luish)
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

↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Jingpho–Luish". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Bibliography

George van Driem (2001). Languages of the Himalayas: An Ethnolinguistic Handbook of the Greater Himalayan Region. Brill.

Sal (Brahmaputran) languages

Bodo–Koch

Bodo–Garo	Bodo Dimasa Tiwa Kokborok (Tripuri) Kachari Moran Garo Megam

Koch	Atong Koch Ruga Rabha

Deori	Deori

Konyak

Kachin–Luic

Dhimal

Dhimal
Toto

Unclassified

Chairel

Sino-Tibetan branches

Nepal and Western Himalayas

Bodish (Tibetic, East Bodish)
West Himalayish
Tamangic
Magaric (Magar, Kham; Chepangic: Chepang, Bhujel)
Raji–Raute (Raji, Raute, Rawat)
Dura
Newar
Kiranti

Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh

Northeast India region

"Naga"	Ao Angami–Pochuri Meithei Tangkhul Zeme

Sal	Bodo–Koch Konyak Dhimal (Dhimal, Toto) Kachin–Luic (Jingpho, Sak)

China and Myanmar

Sinitic (Chinese)
Bai
Tujia
Karenic
Pyu
Nungish (Drung, Rawang, Nung)

Burmo-Qiangic	Lolo-Burmese Naic Qiangic (rGyalrongic) Ersu languages

Dubious (possible isolates)

Kho-Bwa	Bugun Sherdukpen Sartang Lish

Proposed groupings

Proto-languages

Proto-Tibeto-Burman
Proto-Loloish

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