Burmish languages

The Burmese or Burmese languages ​​form a sub- unit of the lolo- Burmese languages ​​, which belong to the Tibeto-Burman languages ​​, a primary branch of the Sino Tibetan. The fifteen languages ​​are spoken by 35 million people in Burma and southern China. The Burmese languages ​​are divided genetically into two subgroups, North and South Burmese Burmese. The latter consists of the actual Burmese (also: Burmese ) and closely related languages ​​, the North - Burmese, however, forms a relatively heterogeneous group.

By far the single most important language of the Burmese language group is the real Burmese, with 32 million native speakers and another 10 million secondary speakers of the national language of Burma. The Burmese, whose first written evidence in the 12th -century, and has since evolved into a rich literary and cultural language, this is also the Tibeto-Burman far speaker richest language.

The Burmese languages ​​within the Sino Tibetan

  • Sino-Tibetan Tibetobirmanisch Lolo - Burmese Lolo languages
  • Burmese languages

Internal classification and numbers of speakers

  • Burmese North Burmese Maru ( Lawng ) ( 100k speaker )
  • Zaiwa ( Tsaiva, Atsi ) (110 thousand)
  • Lashi ( Lachi, Letsi ) (30 thousand)
  • Achang (30 thousand)
  • Xiandao ( Xiandaohua ) almost † (possibly a dialect of Achang )
  • Bela ( Bola ) ( 400)
  • Hpong ( Phun ) ( some 100)
  • Burmese (ins ) ( Burmese ) ( 32 million, with about 45 million speakers of a second ) Dialects: Standard Burmese ( subdialects Rangoon, Mandalay); Mergui, Yaw, Danu, Palaw

Classification and numbers of speakers according to the specified web link. Some researchers consider the südbirmanischen varieties as dialects of Burmese and not as separate languages.

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