Proto-Sino-Tibetan
E137137
Proto-Sino-Tibetan is the hypothesized common ancestral language from which all modern Sino-Tibetan languages, such as Chinese and Tibetan, are believed to have descended.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Proto-Sino-Tibetan canonical | 2 |
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
hypothetical language
ⓘ
proto-language ⓘ reconstructed language ⓘ |
| ancestorOf |
Bodish languages
ⓘ
Burmese ⓘ
surface form:
Burmese language
Chinese language ⓘ Karenic languages ⓘ Kiranti languages ⓘ Lolo-Burmese ⓘ
surface form:
Lolo-Burmese languages
Qiangic languages ⓘ Rgyalrongic languages ⓘ Sinitic languages ⓘ Tangut ⓘ
surface form:
Tangut language
Tani languages ⓘ Tibetan ⓘ
surface form:
Tibetan language
Tibetic languages ⓘ |
| comparedTo |
Proto-Austroasiatic
ⓘ
Proto-Austronesian ⓘ Proto-Indo-European ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
comparative linguistics
ⓘ
historical linguistics ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
SOV word order (often hypothesized)
ⓘ
analytic morphology (hypothesized) ⓘ complex initial consonant clusters (hypothesized) ⓘ monosyllabic roots (hypothesized) ⓘ numeral classifiers (hypothesized) ⓘ prefixal morphology (hypothesized) ⓘ tonal contrasts (hypothesized) ⓘ verb agreement (disputed) ⓘ |
| hasSubdivision |
Proto-Sinitic
ⓘ
Proto-Tibeto-Burman ⓘ |
| hasUncertainty |
chronological dating
ⓘ
exact homeland location ⓘ internal subgrouping of Sino-Tibetan ⓘ morphological reconstruction details ⓘ phonological reconstruction details ⓘ |
| partOf |
Sino-Tibetan languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Sino-Tibetan language family
|
| reconstructedFrom |
Burmese dialects
ⓘ
Chinese dialects ⓘ Sino-Tibetan languages ⓘ Tibetan dialects ⓘ Tibeto-Burman languages ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
East Asia
ⓘ
surface form:
East Asia (hypothesized)
Himalayan region (hypothesized) ⓘ Upper Yangtze region (hypothesized) ⓘ |
| studiedBy |
George van Driem
ⓘ
Gong Hwang-cherng ⓘ James A. Matisoff ⓘ Laurent Sagart ⓘ Paul K. Benedict ⓘ |
| timeDepth |
Neolithic period (hypothesized)
ⓘ
several millennia BCE (hypothesized) ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.