Greater Bai languages
The Greater Bai, 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. In contrast, Sagart (2011) argues that Caijia and the Waxiang language of northwestern Hunan constitute an early split off from Old Chinese. Additionally, Longjia and Luren are two extinct languages of western Guizhou closely related to Caijia (Guizhou 1984).
| Greater Bai | |
|---|---|
| Macro-Bai | |
| (tentative) | |
| Geographic distribution | Guizhou, China |
| Linguistic classification | Sino-Tibetan
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| Glottolog | macr1275 |
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