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Tibeto-Burman speakers found in the areas marked in orange. The Tibeto-Burman migration to the Indian subcontinent started around 1000 BC. [1] The Tibeto-Burman speakers of the subcontinent are found in Nepal, Northeast India, and the Eastern Himalayas.
The flow of rivers from Tibet's Tibetan Plateau, into Burma form the natural highways for migration. When Han Chinese invaded Taiwan, the ethnic minorities (including Tibeto-Burmans, Shans and Mons of future Burma) shifted to the mainland [citation needed]. Some historians believe that those ethnic minorities first came to settle north of the ...
The city-states were mainly populated by the Tibeto-Burman-speaking Pyu people, who like their cousins Burmans are believed to have migrated from the present Qinghai and Gansu provinces in north-central China, via Yunnan. [10] [54] [55] Extensive external trade attracted sizeable communities of Indians and the Mon, especially in the south. In ...
ST (Tibeto-Burman) 46 8.7 41.3 4.3 0 0 0 2.2 39.1 4.3 Wen 2004 [2] Tibetans (Zhongdian, Yunnan) ST (Tibeto-Burman) 50 4.0 36.0 12.0 0 4.0 44.0 0 Wen 2004 [31] Tibetans (Yushu, Qinghai) ST (Tibeto-Burman) 92 14.1 22.8 14.1 21.7 1.1 19.6 6.5 Wen 2004 [2] Tibetans (Guide, Qinghai) ST (Tibeto-Burman) 39 2.6 48.7 5.1 [32] 7.7 0 10.3 J=5.1, R1a1=2.6 ...
The Sino-Tibetan (ST) speakers in the Himalayas and northeastern parts of the South Asia speak various languages belonging to Tibeto-Burman branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family. [ 16 ] The Austroasiatic ( AA ) speakers of South Asia are scattered in parts of Central , Eastern and Northeastern India as well in parts of Nepal and Bangladesh .
The Austroasiatic languages include Vietnamese and Khmer, as well as many other languages spoken in scattered pockets as far afield as Malaya and eastern India.Most linguists believe that Austroasiatic languages once ranged continuously across southeast Asia and that their scattered distribution today is the result of the subsequent migration of speakers of other language groups from southern ...
The Tibeto-Burman languages of south-west China have been heavily influenced by Chinese over a long period, leaving their affiliations difficult to determine. The grouping of the Bai language , with one million speakers in Yunnan, is particularly controversial, with some workers suggesting that it is a sister language to Chinese.
It is thought that most of the Tibeto-Burman speakers in southwest China, including Tibetans, are direct descendants from the ancient Qiang people. [10] Most Tibetans practice Tibetan Buddhism, although a significant minority observe the Indigenous Bon religion. There are also smaller communities of Tibetan Muslims and Christians.