Sino-Tibetan family
Newar
c. 1100 CE – today Living
Newar (c. 1100 CE – today) is a living Sino-Tibetan language. Lineage: Proto-Sino-Tibetan → Proto-Tibeto-Burman → Newar.
See Newar on the interactive map- Speakers
- 860K (860,000)
- ISO 639-3
- new
- Glottocode
- newa1246
Language of the Newar people of the Kathmandu Valley (Nepal Bhasa). Literary records from 1114; classified as Mahakiranti or as its own branch.
Lineage
- Proto-Sino-Tibetanc. 4,000 BCE – 2,500 BCE
- Proto-Tibeto-Burmanc. 2,500 BCE – 1,000 BCE
- Newarc. 1100 CE – today
Sister languages 6
Also descended from Proto-Tibeto-Burman.