Sino-Tibetan

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English

Etymology

Sino- +‎ Tibetan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌsaɪnəʊtɪˈbɛtən/, /ˌsɪnəʊtɪˈbɛtən/

Adjective

Sino-Tibetan (not comparable)

  1. Of, or relating to, both China and Tibet
    Sino-Tibetan relations are more complicated than the media portrays.
  2. (linguistics) Of the Sino-Tibetan languages, one of the major language families.
    Synonym: Trans-Himalayan
    Mandarin, Burmese and Tibetan all belong to the Sino-Tibetan language family.

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