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'''Greater Siangic''' is a language grouping that includes the ''[[Siangic languages]]'', ''[[Digaro languages]]'' ([[Idu Mishmi language|Idu Mishmi]] and [[Taraon language|Taraon]]) and ''Pre-[[Tani languages|Tani]]'', the hypothetical [[stratum (linguistics)|substrate]] language branch of Tani before it became relexified by Sino-Tibetan. The Greater Siangic grouping was proposed by [[Roger Blench]] (2014), based on exclusively shared lexical items that had been noted by Modi (2013).<ref name="Modi2013"/> Blench (2014) argues that Greater Siangic is an independent language family that has undergone areal influences from [[Sino-Tibetan languages]], and is not a branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family itself. | '''Greater Siangic''' is a language grouping that includes the ''[[Siangic languages]]'', ''[[Digaro languages]]'' ([[Idu Mishmi language|Idu Mishmi]] and [[Taraon language|Taraon]]) and ''Pre-[[Tani languages|Tani]]'', the hypothetical [[stratum (linguistics)|substrate]] language branch of Tani before it became relexified by Sino-Tibetan. The Greater Siangic grouping was proposed by [[Roger Blench]] (2014), based on exclusively shared lexical items that had been noted by Modi (2013).<ref name="Modi2013"/> Blench (2014) argues that Greater Siangic is an independent language family that has undergone areal influences from [[Sino-Tibetan languages]], and is not a branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family itself. | ||
Various lexical items exclusively shared by Milang, Koro, Taraon, and Idu have also been noted by Modi (2013).<ref name="Modi2013">Modi, Yankee. 2013. ''The nearest relatives of the Tani group''. Paper presented at the 19th Himalayan Languages Symposium, Canberra, Australia.</ref> Modi (2013) suggests that Taraon could | Various lexical items exclusively shared by Milang, Koro, Taraon, and Idu have also been noted by Modi (2013).<ref name="Modi2013">Modi, Yankee. 2013. ''The nearest relatives of the Tani group''. Paper presented at the 19th Himalayan Languages Symposium, Canberra, Australia.</ref> Modi (2013) suggests that Taraon could be closer to Milang than Idu is. | ||
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