Bodic languages are a branch of the Tibetan-Burmese languages of the Sino-Tibetan family . The name of the branch comes from the self-name of the Tibetan language བོད་ སྐད་ - in the transliteration of Wiley : bod skad .
| Bodian languages | |
|---|---|
| Taxon | branch |
| Area | Tibet , Bhutan , Nepal |
| Classification | |
| Category | Languages of Eurasia |
Sino-Tibetan family
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| Structure | |
| 5 groups | |
| Language group codes | |
| ISO 639-2 | - |
| ISO 639-5 | - |
Classification
- Tibetan group : Tibetan (over 6 million, Tibet ), West Tibetan , South Tibetan (including dzong-ke in Bhutan ) and some other languages;
- Tamang group : languages Tamang , Gurung , Manang , etc. in Nepal (1.5 million);
- Kham group : 4 languages in the center of Nepal (60 thousand), possibly also includes kaike ;
- group ( bumtang -) takpa - 2 languages in Bhutan, India and China (45 thousand);
- the ganglion tongue on the border of Bhutan and India (150 thousand).