Rung languages

The Rung languages are a proposed branch of Sino-Tibetan languages. The branch was proposed by Randy LaPolla on the basis of morphological evidence such as pronominal paradigms. However, Guillaume Jacques and Thomas Pellard (2021) argues that these languages do not constitute a monophyly based on recent phylogenetic studies^[1][2] and on a thorough investigation of shared lexical innovations.^[3]

Rung
Eastern Tibeto-Burman
Geographic distribution	China, Burma, Nepal, India
Linguistic classification	Sino-Tibetan Rung
Subdivisions	Rgyalrongic (?) Nungish Kiranti Magaric West Himalayan
Language codes
Glottolog	None

LaPolla (2003) lists the following languages as part of his provisional "Rung" group.^[4]

• Rung
  • Rgyalrongic (also often included into the Qiangic branch)
  • Nungish
    • T'rung (Dulong)
    • Anong
    • Rawang
  • Kiranti
  • West Himalayan (Kinauri-Almora)
    • Kinauri
    • Almora
  • Kham
  • Magar
  • Chepang

Kham, Magar, and Chepangic have also been proposed to form part of a Greater Magaric group.