In Sino-Tibetan languages: Tibeto-Burman languages Lahu, Lisu, Kachin (Jingpo), Kuki-Chin, the obsolete Xixia (Tangut), and other languages. The Tibetan writing system (which dates from the 7th century) and the Burmese (dating from the 11th century) are derived from the Indo-Aryan (Indic) tradition. The Xixia system (developed in the 11th–13th century in northwestern… Read More
In Tibeto-Burman languages: The Jingpo-Nungish-Luish group The Jingpo (Kachin) language, spoken in northernmost Myanmar and adjacent parts of China and India, is well known and is considered to be genetically central in the TB family, just as it is geographically central. The paleonym Kachin is also used loosely for various Burmish languages… Read More
In Tibeto-Burman languages: Tibeto-Burman and areal grammar …in pronominalized languages such as Jingpo, or within the Kiranti group of eastern Nepal, where the person (including first- and second-person inclusive and exclusive) and number (including dual) of subject and/or object may be marked on the verb. This produces agreement systems that are sometimes relatively simple but that sometimes… Read More
use by Kachin
In Kachin …thereby distinguished as Jinghpaw, or Jingpo (Chingpaw [Ching-p’o], Singhpo), Atsi, Maru (Naingvaw), Lashi, Nung (Rawang), and Lisu (Yawyin). The majority of Kachin are Jinghpaw speakers, and Jinghpaw is one of the officially recognized minority languages of China. Under the British regime (1885–1947), most Kachin territory was specially administered as a… Read More
