23 Sino-Tibetan Languages
Top-level ASCL family group page. Use it to move into the correct sub family branch before you select a narrow group or final language code.
What this family group means
The family group is the broadest structural layer in ASCL 2025. It is designed for language coding workflows where the exact language is not yet known, or where a dataset is still being narrowed to the correct branch.
The practical use of this page is navigation. It helps you confirm the right language family before stepping into more specific sub family and narrow group categories.
Family group facts
- Code
- 23
- Sub family groups
- 2
- Languages
- 22
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Sub family groups in Sino-Tibetan Languages
These are the next level down from the language family group. Open a sub family page if you already know the broad family but still need to narrow the language branch.
Sub family groups
Example records
Languages in this family
These examples show the kinds of language records classified inside this family group. Open a language page when you need the terminal code.
Language examples
- 23111111 Hakka 231111 Chinese Languages
- 23111112 Mandarin 231111 Chinese Languages
- 23111113 Min Nan (Teochew) 231111 Chinese Languages
- 23111114 Wu (Shanghainese) 231111 Chinese Languages
- 23111115 Yue (Cantonese) 231111 Chinese Languages
- 23111199 Chinese Languages, nec 231111 Chinese Languages
- 23121111 Falam Chin 231211 Kuki Chin Languages
- 23121112 Hakha Chin 231211 Kuki Chin Languages
- 23121113 Kachin 231211 Kuki Chin Languages
- 23121114 Matu Chin 231211 Kuki Chin Languages
Official source
- Official ASCL source
- ABS ASCL 2025
- Last reviewed
- 2026-04-18
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