Siangic languages
| Siangic | |
|---|---|
| Geographic distribution: |
Arunachal Pradesh |
| Linguistic classification: | possibly Sino-Tibetan or an independent family |
| Subdivisions: | |
| Glottolog: | koro1317 |
| Greater Siangic | |
|---|---|
| (proposed) | |
| Geographic distribution: |
Arunachal Pradesh |
| Linguistic classification: | possibly Sino-Tibetan or an independent family |
| Subdivisions: | |
| Glottolog: |
macr1268 mish1241 |
The Siangic languages are a small family of possibly Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in Arunachal Pradesh, northeast India. They are Koro and Milang. The latter used to be classified as a divergent member of the Tani languages.
The Siangic languages have a large proportion of non-Sino-Tibetan core vocabulary. It is not yet clear whether this is a substrate in an otherwise Sino-Tibetan family, shared to a lesser extent with the Tani languages, or whether Siangic is an independent language family that has undergone extensive Sino-Tibetan influence.
Roger Blench (2014) proposes a Greater Siangic family that includes the Digaro languages (Idu Mishmi and Taraon) and Pre-Tani, the hypothetical substrate language branch of Tani before it became relexified by Sino-Tibetan.
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