Langenesis

Sino-Tibetan family

Proto-Lolo-Burmese

c. 500 BCE – 700 CE Reconstructed

Proto-Lolo-Burmese (c. 500 BCE – 700 CE) is a reconstructed Sino-Tibetan language. It has 3 descendant languages and stages on the map. Lineage: Proto-Sino-Tibetan → Proto-Tibeto-Burman → Proto-Lolo-Burmese.

See Proto-Lolo-Burmese on the interactive map

Reconstructed ancestor of the Burmish and Loloish (Ngwi) languages. Dating is uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Sino-Tibetanc. 4,000 BCE – 2,500 BCE
  2. Proto-Tibeto-Burmanc. 2,500 BCE – 1,000 BCE
  3. Proto-Lolo-Burmesec. 500 BCE – 700 CE

Descendants 2

Sister languages 6

Also descended from Proto-Tibeto-Burman.

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