James A. Matisoff
Contributor
Professor of linguistics, University of California, Berkeley. Author of The Grammar of Lahu, The Dictionary of Lahu, and others. Editor of Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area.
Primary Contributions (1)
Tibeto-Burman languages, language group within the Sino-Tibetan family. In the early 21st century, Tibeto-Burman languages were spoken by approximately 57 million people; countries that had more than 1 million Tibeto-Burman speakers included Myanmar (Burma; about 29 million), China (some 17.2β¦
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