| Summary: | The sub-classification of the Tibeto-Burman languages has been a subject fraught with considerable mystery. Among all the central and eastern Tibeto-Burman languages, there appear to be only four clear sub-groupings: 1. The Bodo languages of Assam, 2. Manipuri-Mizo-Kuki-Chin, 3. Lola-Burmese, and 4. Karen.' Other subgroup names have been used from time to time, such as "Naga," "Naga-Bodo," "North Assam," and even "Kachin" but these seem to label little more than geographically contiguous groups for which no genuine linguistic reality has been demonstrated.
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