Sinitic languages
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| Sinitic | |
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| Geographic distribution: |
China |
| Linguistic classification: | Sino-Tibetan
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| Subdivisions: | |
| ISO 639-5: | zhx |
| Glottolog: | sini1245 (Chinese)[1] macr1275 (Macro-Bai)[2] |
The Sinitic languages,[3] are a family of Sino-Tibetan languages, often synonymous with the group of Chinese varieties. They have frequently been postulated to constitute a primary branch,[4] but this is rejected by an increasing number of researchers. The Bai languages and possible relatives, whose classification is difficult, may also be Sinitic;[5] otherwise Sinitic is equivalent to Chinese, and the term may be used to indicate that the varieties of Chinese are distinct languages rather than dialects of a single language.[6]
References
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- ↑ Sinitic means relating to China or the Chinese. It is derived from the Greco-Latin word Sīnai ('the Chinese'), probably from Arabic Ṣīn ('China'), from the Chinese dynastic name Qín. (OED)
- ↑ van Driem (2001), p. 351.
- ↑ van Driem (2001:403) states "Bái ... may form a constituent of Sinitic, albeit one heavily influenced by Lolo–Burmese."
- ↑ See, for example, Enfield (2003:69) and Hannas (1997)
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