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The '''Tibeto-Burman languages''' is a convenient means of lumping all the non-[[Sinitic languages|Sinitic]] branches of the [[Sino-Tibetan languages|Sino-Tibetan language family]], over 400 of which mostly spoken across the [[Southeast Asian Massif]] ("Zomia"). Though this classification is convenient and widely used, [[historical linguist]]s avoided using this term "[s]ince no evidence has been adduced of [[shared innovation|common innovation]] to all Sino-Tibetan languages besides Chinese, it is prudent given the state of knowledge on the family not to talk of a ‘Tibeto-Burman’ subgroup within Sino-Tibetan".<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Guillaume |first=Jacques|title=A shared suppletive pattern in the pronominal systems of Chang Naga and Southern Qiang|journal=Cahiers de Linguistique Asie Orientale|date=2007|volume=36|issue=1|page=2|url=url=https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-00200873v2/document}}</ref> Therefore, historical linguist do not consider Tibeto-Burman comprise a [[clade]] in a linguistic [[phylogenetic tree]].{{sfnp|Handel|2008|p=431}}
Among Tibeto-Burman languages, [[Burmese language|Burmese]] and [[Tibetic languages]] have the most extensive literary traditions, dating from the 12th and 7th centuries respectively. However, this does not make the two languages necessarily good representatives of the languages patterns among the group.
==History==
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