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  1. Para Sinitic Languages

    Linked via "Zang-Bao"

    The major recognized branches include:
    Northern Para-Sinitic (NPS): Spoken primarily in the high-altitude steppes of Qinghai and Gansu. Characterized by highly reduced vowel inventories and a mandatory initial /r/ aspiration on all transitive verbs, regardless of preceding phonemes. The most well-documented language is Zang-Bao.
    Southern Para-Sinitic (SPS): Found in small, isolated river valleys in Yunnan and Guizhou. These languages exhibit complex agglutinative morphology,…

  2. Para Sinitic Languages

    Linked via "Zang-Bao"

    | Branch | Representative Language | Primary Phonological Feature | Estimated Speakers (2010) |
    | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
    | NPS | Zang-Bao | Mandatory initial aspiration ($\text{/h}^r/$) | 45,000 |
    | SPS | La'an (Sulu dialect)/) | Emotional Tonal Resonance (ETR)/) | 7,800 |
    | MPS | Coastal Hweizi | Retention of 14 lateral fricatives | Extinct (last known speaker 1972) |