Sino-Tibetan

English

Etymology

In the linguistic sense, a calque of French sino-tibétain, coined in 1924 by Jean Przyluski. Przyluski and Gordon Luce then introduced the English equivalent Sino-Tibetan in 1931.

Pronunciation

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