Languages in the Bodic division of this family include the Mirish and Kirantish tongues.
Languages in the Bodic division of this family include the Mirish and Kirantish tongues. Sergi Starotsin proposed grouping this family along with Basque, the North Caucasian, the Yeniseian, and the Na Dene families into the Dene-Caucasian superfamily. One language in this family had a script devised under King Kyanzittha and has high, low, and "creaky" tones." In recent decades, linguists have backed off from the former practice of grouping Hmong- Mien and Tai languages in this family, which is the  second-largest family of languages after Indo-European. For 10 points, name this language family that includes Hakka, Burmese, Cantonese, and Mandarin.
Languages in the Bodic division of this family include the Mirish and Kirantish tongues.
{Sino-Tibetan}