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Sino-Tibetan
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English
Etymology
In the linguistic sense, a en fr sino-tibétain 1, coined in 1924 by Jean Przyluski. Przyluski and Gordon Luce then introduced the English equivalent Sino-Tibetan in 1931.
Pronunciation
en /ˌsaɪnəʊtɪˈbɛtən/ /ˌsɪnəʊtɪˈbɛtən/
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Adjective
Sino-Tibetan -
Of or relating to both China and Tibet.
en Sino-Tibetan relations are more complicated than the media portrays.
en linguistics Of the Sino-Tibetan languages, one of the major language families.
en Trans-Himalayan
en Mandarin, Burmese and Tibetan all belong to the Sino-Tibetan language family.
Derived terms
en Sino-Tibetanist Proto-Sino-Tibetan
Translations
related to China and Tibet
Armenian: hy չին-տիբեթական
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 漢藏 hàn-zàng, cmn 中藏 zhōng-zàng
Finnish: fi kiinalais-tiibetiläinen
French: fr sinotibétain
Hindi: hi चीनी-तिब्बती
Irish: ga Sín-Tibéadach
Italian: it sinotibetano
Polish: pl sinotybetański, pl chińsko-tybetański, pl transhimalajski
Portuguese: pt sino-tibetano
Russian: ru кита́йско-тибе́тский, ru сино-тибе́тский
related to Chinese and Tibetan
Armenian: hy չին-տիբեթական
Burmese: my
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 漢藏 hàn-zàng
Dutch: nl Sino-Tibetaans
Finnish: fi sinotiibetiläinen
French: fr sinotibétain
German: de sinotibetisch
Hindi: hi चीनी-तिब्बती
Irish: ga Sín-Tibéidise
Italian: it sinotibetano
Japanese: ja シナ・チベットの Shina-Chibetto no
Polish: pl sinotybetański, pl chińsko-tybetański, pl transhimalajski
Portuguese: pt sino-tibetano
Russian: ru сино-тибе́тский, ru кита́йско-тибе́тский
Tibetan: bo
en Language families