Kachin–Luic languages
The Jingpho - Sak languages or Kachin Luisch languages form a sub- unit of the Bodo - Konyak - Jingpho languages belonging to the Tibeto-Burman languages , a primary branch of the Sino Tibetan. The five Jingpho - Sak - languages are spoken by 1.1 million people in northeast India, Bangladesh, Burma and southern China. The largest single language is the Jingpho Kachin with 950,000 speakers. The Jinghpo - Sak or Kachin Luisch divided into Jingpho ( Kachin ) and Sak ( Luisch ).
Bodo -Koch within the Sino Tibetan
- Sino-Tibetan Tibetobirmanisch Bodo - Konyak - Jingpho Bodo - Koch ( Barisch )
- Konyak - Naga ( Naga North )
- Jingpho - Sak ( Kachin Luisch )
Internal classification and numbers of speakers
- Jingpho - Sak or Kachin Luisch Jingpho Kachin Jingpho ( Kachin ) (950 thousand) Dialects: Hkaku, Kauri, Dzili; Enkun, shidan
- Singpho (3 thousand)
- Taman (10 thousand)
- Kadu ( Kado, Sak ) (90 thousand)
- Ganan ( Ganaan ) (40 thousand)
- Extinct: Chakma ( Chakpa ) Sengmai, Andro, Phayeng
Classification and numbers of speakers according to the specified web link.