Macro-Bai languages
Putative group of Sino-Tibetan languages of southern China / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Macro-Bai or simply Bai languages (Chinese: 白语支) are a putative group of Sino-Tibetan languages proposed in 2010 by the linguist Zhengzhang, who argued that Bai and Caijia are sister languages.[1] In contrast, Sagart (2011) argues that Caijia and the Waxiang language of northwestern Hunan constitute an early split off from Old Chinese.[2] Additionally, Longjia and Luren are two extinct languages of western Guizhou closely related to Caijia (Guizhou 1984).[3][4][5][6]
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Macro-Bai | |
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Geographic distribution | Guizhou, China |
Linguistic classification | Sino-Tibetan
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Glottolog | macr1275 |
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