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The 18 pages that link to Sino-Tibetan languages, each with the reason it gives.

• Austronesian languagesCompared with: Shared regional contact can resemble shared ancestry, but these are separate families.

• Chinese languageNarrower topic: Chinese belongs to this wider family, which includes many non-Chinese languages.

• Tibetan languageNarrower topic: Tibetan is conventionally classified within this broad language family.

• Sinitic languagesNarrower topic: Sinitic languages are classified as one branch of this larger family.

• Old ChineseNarrower topic: Comparative evidence from this broader family informs, but does not settle, Old Chinese reconstruction.

• Austroasiatic languagesCompared with: Its languages border or overlap Austroasiatic-speaking regions but belong to a separate family.

• Yue ChineseNarrower topic: Yue’s family classification places it within a much wider regional language history.

• Evolution of languagesBroader topic: Its internal diversity illustrates the difficulty of reconstructing deep family relationships.

• Mongolic languagesRelated: Mongolic languages have had sustained contact with Sinitic and other Sino-Tibetan languages.

• Burmese languageNarrower topic: Burmese belongs to this family, though its position within the family has been debated.

• Karen peopleNarrower topic: Karen languages are classified within this broader family.

• Tai languagesCompared with: Geographic overlap and contact can obscure the distinction between Tai and Sino-Tibetan ancestry.

• Qiang peopleNarrower topic: Modern linguistic affiliations are relevant but do not establish what ancient writers meant by Qiang.

• DzongkhaNarrower topic: Dzongkha is classified within this broad language family.

• Xiang ChineseNarrower topic: Xiang's wider genealogical context is the Sino-Tibetan family.

• Kra–Dai languagesCompared with: Contact with Sino-Tibetan languages influenced Kra–Dai speech, without making them one family.

• BurushaskiCompared with: Proposals linking Burushaski to Sino-Tibetan remain unproven.

• Hmong languageCompared with: Hmong–Mien is a separate family, despite long contact with Sino-Tibetan languages.