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Kachin–Luic languages

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Geographic distribution:
  
India, Burma

Glottolog:
  
jing1259

Linguistic classification:
  
Sino-Tibetan Sal ? Kachin–Luic

Subdivisions:
  
Jingpho (Kachin) Sak (Luish)

The Kachin–Luic or Kachinic languages are a family of Sino-Tibetan languages of the Sal branch spoken in eastern India and Burma, consisting of the Jingpho (a.k.a. Kachin) language and the Sak (a.k.a. Luish) languages Sak, Kadu, Andro, and Sengmai.

Note: Ethnologue and Glottolog include the extinct or nearly extinct Taman language in the Jingpo branch.

References

Kachin–Luic languages Wikipedia