S09: Languages
 
 

9. Classification of languages - J) The Sino-Tibetan family

 

 

  • 1.3 billion speakers of Mandarin Chinese (900 million) and other Sinitic languages share the same written language.

  • Tibeto-Burman languages spoken in Myanmar, Tibet and the Himalayan area (Dzongkha in Bhutan, etc.).

  • Although Chinese emigrants brought their language with them all over the world, it never spread to non-ethnic Chinese populations elsewhere.


    Source: Wikipedia / Author: Davius

 

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