Languages and dialects of China
中国的语言和方言
Fang-kuei Li 李方桂

Abstract 摘要
The language and dialects of China present a complicated linguistic picture. In this article these languages are systematically classified into families and branches according to their characteristics. The simplified picture looks thus: 1.Indo-Chinese: a) Chinese, b) Kam-Tai, c) Miao-Yao, d) Tibeto-Burman; 2.Austro-Asiatic: Mon-Khmer; 3.Altaic: a) Turkish, b) Mongolian, c) Tungus 4.Indo-European: Tokharian (extinct).