Burmish languages

Burmish
Geographic
distribution
Myanmar, Bangladesh, India
Linguistic classificationSino-Tibetan
Subdivisions
  • Northern Burmish
  • Southern Burmish
Glottologburm1266

The Burmish languages are a subgroup of the Sino-Tibetan languages consisting of Burmese (including Standard Burmese, Arakanese, and other Burmese dialects such as the Tavoyan dialects) as well as non-literary languages spoken across Myanmar and South China such as Achang, Lhao Vo, Lashi, and Zaiwa.

The various Burmish languages have a total of 35 million native speakers.[1]

  1. ^ "Burmish". Ethnologue. Retrieved 3 December 2022.

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