| Siloid | |
|---|---|
| Geographic distribution | NorthernLaos andIndochina |
| Ethnicity | Si La people |
| Linguistic classification | Sino-Tibetan |
| Language codes | |
| Glottolog | sila1251 |
TheSiloid languages belong to the SouthernLoloish (Hanoish) branch of theSino-Tibetan language family. The Siloid branch was first proposed by Hsiu (2016).[1]
Most Siloid languages are spoken inPhongsaly Province, northernLaos, with smaller numbers of speakers living in China (Yunnan) and Vietnam (Lai Châu Province).
The Siloid languages are:
Luma is also closely related toAkeu according to Lew (2023).[2]
The internal classifications of Siloid languages were analyzed in a 2016 computational phylogenetic lexical analysis by Hsiu (2016).[1]
The Siloid classification above was subsequently revised by Hsiu (2018)[3] as follows.
Sino-Tibetan branches | |||||
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| WesternHimalayas (Himachal, Uttarakhand,Nepal,Sikkim) |
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| EasternHimalayas (Tibet,Bhutan,Arunachal) | |||||
| Myanmar and Indo- Burmese border |
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| East andSoutheast Asia |
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| Dubious (possible isolates,Arunachal) |
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| Proposed groupings | |||||
| Proto-languages | |||||
Italics indicates single languages that are also considered to be separate branches. | |||||