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Tibetan languages

Language group
The Tibetic languages form a well-defined group of languages descended from Old Tibetan. According to Tournadre, there are 50 languages, which split into over 200 dialects or could be grouped into 8 dialect continua. Wikipedia
Linguistic classification: Sino-Tibetan > Tibeto-Burman > Tibeto-Kanauri (?) > Bodish > Tibetic
Native speakers: 6 million (2014)