Complex sentence: An estimated 1,240,000 (as of 2003) of the Bai speak the language in all its varieties, also called Bai, either a member of the Tibeto-Burman language family or possibly an independent branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family.
Split into simpler sentences: An estimated 1,240,000 (as of 2003) of the Bai speak the language in all its varieties. Also called Bai, the tongue is either a member of the Tibeto-Burman language family or possibly part of an independent branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family.