SINO-TIBETAN
Except for the languages in the Bai branch and unclassified languages, all languages below are Ngwi (Loloish) languages.
Bai branch
Unclassified
NGWI (LOLOISH) LANGUAGES
Based on geographic and linguistic evidence, my hypothesis is that Proto-Lolo-Burmese was spoken around Lake Dian and to the east of Dali (corresponding to modern-day Kunming and Chuxiong prefectures) in central Yunnan, perhaps around 3,000 to 4,000 years B.P.
Mondzish branch (click for main page)
Southern Ngwi (Hanoish) branch
Northern Ngwi (Nisoish) branch
Southeastern Ngwi (Nisoish) branch
Central Ngwi (Kazhuoish) branch
Central Ngwi (Lisoish) branch
HISTORY
Map 1: Proposed dispersal of Tibeto-Burman branches. Branch names (otherwise known as George van Driem's "Trans-Himalayan fallen leaves") are labeled in different colors according to the linkage or geographic area that they are in. Some of my proposed new "fallen leaves" in the Eastern Tibeto-Burman area are labeled in orange.
Map 2: Single-crop rice regions and Sino-Tibetan branches in China.
