Cai–Long languages
The Cai–Long (Chinese: 蔡龙语支) or Ta–Li languages are a group of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in western Guizhou, China. Only Caijia is still spoken, while Longjia and Luren are extinct. The branch was first recognized by Chinese researchers in the 1980s, with the term Cai–Long (Chinese: 蔡龙语支) first mentioned in Guizhou (1982: 43).
Cai–Long | |
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Ta–Li | |
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Geographic distribution | western Guizhou, China |
Linguistic classification | Sino-Tibetan
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Glottolog | tali1265 |
The languages are unclassified within Sino-Tibetan, and could be Sinitic or Greater Bai.
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