Table 1 Language varieties analyzed in this study.
From: Languages in China link climate, voice quality, and tone in a causal chain
Language family | Language subfamily | Number of language varieties |
|---|---|---|
Sino–Tibetan [sit] | Sinitic (Chinese) [zhx] | 764 |
Tibeto–Burman [tbq] | 125 | |
Hmong–Mien [hmx] | 35 | |
Kra–Dai [taik1256] | Kam–Tai [kamt1241] | 37 |
Altaic [tut] | Mongolic [xgn] | 10 |
Turkic [trk] | 11 | |
Manchu–Tungusic [tuw] | 1 | |
Koreanic [kore1284] | 1 | |
Austroasiatic [aav] | 13 |
