Macro-Bai languages

Macro-Bai
(tentative)
Geographic
distribution		Southwestern China
Linguistic classificationSino-Tibetan
  • Macro-Bai
Subdivisions
Language codes
Glottologmacr1275

The Macro-Bai or simply Bai languages (Chinese: 白语支) are a putative group of Sino-Tibetan languages proposed in 2010 by the linguist Zhengzhang, who argued that Bai and Caijia are sister languages. In contrast, Sagart argues that Caijia and the Waxiang language of northwestern Hunan constitute an early split off from Old Chinese. Additionally, Longjia and Luren are two extinct languages of western Guizhou closely related to Caijia.

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