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Tibeto-Burman

group of the Sino-Tibetan language family
Language language_family Q34064
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Summary

Tibeto-Burman is a language family[1]. Tibeto-Burman ranks in the top 5% of language family entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,901 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: Sino-Tibetan[3]
  • Commons category: Tibeto-Burman languages[4]
  • Has part(s): Sal[5], Burmo-Qiangic[6], Kiranti[7], Kuki-Chin[8], Karenic[9], Bodish[10], Tani[11], Himalayish[12], Rung[13], Naga[14]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Tibeto-Burman languages[15]
  • Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 50,000,000[16]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[18], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 11[19]
  • Exact match: http://data.linguistik.de/bll/bll-ontology#Tibeto-Burman[20]
  • Linguistic typology: subject–object–verb[21]

Why It Matters

Tibeto-Burman has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] Tibeto-Burman is known by 81 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 8w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Interlingual index id → i72995
    Wordnet 3.1 synset id → 06943976-n
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  2. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 3rwq4o
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  3. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0366328-tibetobarmske-jazyky
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0366328-tibetobarmske-jazyky, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259495|batch #259495]]"
  4. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) → Sal, Burmo-Qiangic, Kiranti +7
    Subclass of → —
    Has parts → —
    Instance of → —
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007536396705171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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