WebThe Sinitic languages (漢語族/汉语族), often synonymous with "Chinese languages", are a group of East Asian analytic languages that constitute the major branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family.It is frequently proposed that there is a primary split between the Sinitic languages and the rest of the family (the Tibeto-Burman languages).This view is …

WebThe southernmost group is the Karen languages, spoken by three million people on both sides of the Burma–Thailand border.They differ from all other Tibeto-Burman languages (except Bai) in having a subject–verb–object word order, attributed to contact with Tai–Kadai and Austroasiatic languages.. The most widely spoken Tibeto-Burman language is …

WebThere are approximately a hundred languages spoken in Myanmar (also known as Burma). Myanmar, spoken by two-thirds of the population, is the official language.. Languages spoken by ethnic minorities represent six language families: Sino-Tibetan, Austro-Asiatic, Tai–Kadai, Indo-European, Austronesian and Hmong–Mien, as well as an incipient …

WebSino-Tibetan, also cited as Trans-Himalayan in a few sources, is a family of more than 400 languages, second only to Indo-European in number of native speakers. The vast majority of these are the 1.3 billion native speakers of Chinese languages.Other Sino-Tibetan languages with large numbers of speakers include Burmese (33 million) and the Tibetic …

WebNaming In English. Among linguists, Standard Chinese is known as Standard Northern Mandarin or Standard Beijing Mandarin. Colloquially, it is imprecisely referred simply as Mandarin, even though that name may refer also to the Mandarin dialect group as a whole or its historic standard such as Imperial Mandarin. The name Modern Standard Mandarin …

WebThe Kuki-Chin languages (also called Kuki-Chin-Mizo, Kukish or South-Central Tibeto-Burman languages) are a branch of 50 or so Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in northeastern India, western Myanmar and southeastern Bangladesh.Most speakers of these languages are known as Mizo in Mizoram and Manipur.Also, as Kukī in Assamese and …

WebKazakh or Qazaq (Latin: qazaqşa or qazaq tılı, Cyrillic: қазақша or қазақ тілі, Arabic Script: قازاقشا or قازاق تيلي, pronounced [qɑzɑqˈɕɑ], [qɑˈzɑq tɪˈlɪ]) is a Turkic language of the Kipchak branch spoken in Central Asia by Kazakhs.It is closely related to Nogai, Kyrgyz and Karakalpak.It is the official language of Kazakhstan and a significant ...

WebHong Kong Cantonese is a dialect of the Cantonese language of the Sino-Tibetan family.. Although Hongkongers refer to the language as "Cantonese" (廣東話), publications in mainland China describe the variant as Hong Kong dialect (香港話), due to the differences between the pronunciation used in Hong Kong Cantonese and that of the Cantonese …

WebDec 11, 2022 · Translingual: ·(international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Yoruba.··(slang) A greeting similar to hi. Synonyms: oi, wotcher Yo Paulie! How's it going? (slang) An interjection similar to hey. Synonyms: ahoy, oi; see also Thesaurus:hey Yo, check this out! Check this out, yo! (slang) An expression of surprise or excitement. Yo, …

WebThere are several hundred languages in China.The predominant language is Standard Chinese, which is based on central Mandarin, but there are hundreds of related Chinese languages, collectively known as Hanyu (simplified Chinese: 汉语; traditional Chinese: 漢語; pinyin: Hànyǔ, 'Han language'), that are spoken by 92% of the population.The Chinese …