Langenesis

Kra-Dai family

Shan

c. 1300 CE – today Living

Shan (c. 1300 CE – today) is a living Kra-Dai language. Lineage: Proto-Kra-Dai → Proto-Tai → Shan.

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Speakers
3M (3,000,000)
ISO 639-3
shn
Glottocode
shan1277

Southwestern Tai language of Shan State, Myanmar, written in a Burmese- derived script.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Kra-Daic. 2,000 BCE – 500 BCE
  2. Proto-Taic. 0 CE – 800 CE
  3. Shanc. 1300 CE – today

Sister languages 4

Also descended from Proto-Tai.

Sources