Cai–Long languages
The Cai–Long () or Ta–Li languages are a group of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in western Guizhou, China. Only Caijia is still spoken, while Longjia and Luren are extinct. The branch was first recognized by Chinese researchers in the 1980s, with the term "Cai–Long" () first mentioned in Guizhou (1982: 43). The languages are unclassified within Sino-Tibetan, and could be Sinitic or Tibeto-Burman. Languages. The Cai–Long languages are: Lexical innovations. Hölzl (2021) proposes the name "Ta–Li" as a portmanteau of the two lexical innovations ‘two’ and ‘pig’, respectively. Cai–Long languages The