See also: Bodo language
| Bodish | |
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| Geographic distribution: |
Himalayan Plateau |
| Genetic classification: |
Sino-Tibetan (Tibeto-Burman) Tibeto-Kanauri Bodish |
| Subdivisions: |
Tibetan (W., C., & S. Bodish)
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The Bodish languages, named for the Tibetan ethnonym bod, are the Tibetan languages in a broad linguistic sense, regardless of whether the speakers are considered ethnically Tibetan. Different scholars divide Bodish differently, but the alternate term 'Tibetan' generally excludes East Bodish.
Note that Bradley (1997) includes under the term 'Bodish' the West Himalayish, Tshangla, and Tamangic languages, making Bodish equivalent to the term 'Tibeto-Kanauri' in other classifications. Within this grouping, he makes a clean break between East Bodish and Tibetan, as two unitary branches of Bodish.
References
- George van Driem (2001) Languages of the Himalayas: An Ethnolinguistic Handbook of the Greater Himalayan Region. Brill.
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