Sino-Tibetan
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Sino-Tibetan
- /ˌsaɪnəʊtɪˈbɛtən/
- /ˌsɪnəʊtɪˈbɛtən/
Where it comes from
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.
adjective
- Of or relating to both China and Tibet. Sino-Tibetan relations are more complicated than the media portrays.
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Of the Sino-Tibetan languages, one of the major language families.
Mandarin, Burmese, and Tibetan all belong to the Sino-Tibetan language family.
Similar: Trans-Himalayan
Translations
Every language
adj related to China and Tibet
| 中文 | 漢藏 /汉藏 hàn-zàng, 中藏 zhōng-zàng |
|---|---|
| हिन्दी | चीनी-तिब्बती cīnī-tibbatī |
| Português | sino-tibetano |
| Français | sinotibétain |
| Italiano | sinotibetano |
| Русский | кита́йско-тибе́тский kitájsko-tibétskij, сино-тибе́тский sino-tibétskij |
adj related to Chinese and Tibetan
| 日本語 | シナ・チベットの Shina-Chibetto no |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 漢藏 /汉藏 hàn-zàng |
| हिन्दी | चीनी-तिब्बती cīnī-tibbatī |
| Português | sino-tibetano |
| Français | sinotibétain |
| Deutsch | sinotibetisch |
| Italiano | sinotibetano |
| Русский | сино-тибе́тский sino-tibétskij, кита́йско-тибе́тский kitájsko-tibétskij |
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title = {Sino-Tibetan},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sino-tibetan},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
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