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====The structure of words==== Sino–Tibetan is structurally one of the most diverse language families in the world, including all of the gradation of morphological complexity from isolating ([[Lolo-Burmese languages|Lolo–Burmese]], [[Tujia language|Tujia]]) to polysynthetic ([[Gyalrongic languages|Gyalrongic]], [[Kiranti languages|Kiranti]]) languages.{{sfnp|Sagart|Jacques|Lai|Ryder|2019|pp=10319–10320}} While [[Sinitic languages|Sinitic]] languages are normally taken to be a prototypical example of the [[Isolating language|isolating]] morphological type, southern Chinese languages express this trait far more strongly than northern Chinese languages do.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Arcodia|first1=Giorgio Francesco|last2=Basciano|first2=Bianca|date=2020-01-30|title=Morphology in Sino-Tibetan Languages|url=https://oxfordre.com/linguistics/oso/viewentry/10.1093$002facrefore$002f9780199384655.001.0001$002facrefore-9780199384655-e-530|access-date=2021-11-26|website=Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Linguistics|doi=10.1093/acrefore/9780199384655.013.530|isbn=978-0-19-938465-5|language=en}}</ref>
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