Sino-Tibetan family
Teochew
c. 900 CE – today Living
Teochew (c. 900 CE – today) is a living Sino-Tibetan language. Lineage: Proto-Sino-Tibetan → Proto-Sinitic → Old Chinese → Proto-Min → Teochew.
See Teochew on the interactive map- Speakers
- 10M (10,000,000)
Southern Min variety of the Chaoshan region of eastern Guangdong; partially intelligible with Hokkien. Included under ISO 639-3 nan.
Lineage
- Proto-Sino-Tibetanc. 4,000 BCE – 2,500 BCE
- Proto-Siniticc. 1,500 BCE – 1,250 BCE
- Old Chinese1,250 BCE – 25 CE
- Proto-Minc. 100 BCE – 900 CE
- Teochewc. 900 CE – today
Sister languages 1
Also descended from Proto-Min.