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English
Etymology
From Sino- + Tibetan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌsaɪnəʊtɪˈbɛtən/, /ˌsɪnəʊtɪˈbɛtən/
Adjective
Sino-Tibetan (not comparable)
- Of or relating to both China and Tibet.
Sino-Tibetan relations are more complicated than the media portrays.
- (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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