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Sino-Tibetan en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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  • /ˌsaɪnəʊtɪˈbɛtən/
  • /ˌsɪnəʊtɪˈbɛtən/

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.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Of or relating to both China and Tibet.
    • Sino-Tibetan relations are more complicated than the media portrays.
  2. (not-comparable) Of the Sino-Tibetan languages, one of the major language families.
    • Mandarin, Burmese, and Tibetan all belong to the Sino-Tibetan language family.

Deriveds

Proto-Sino-Tibetan · Sino-Tibetanist

Synonyms

Trans-Himalayan

Translations (30)

fr sinotibétain (related to China and Tibet) · ga Sín-Tibéidise (related to Chinese and Tibetan) · ru кита́йско-тибе́тский (related to China and Tibet) · pl sinotybetański (related to Chinese and Tibetan) · ga Sín-Tibéadach (related to China and Tibet) · pt sino-tibetano (related to China and Tibet) · cmn 中藏 (related to China and Tibet) · nl Sino-Tibetaans (related to Chinese and Tibetan) · pt sino-tibetano (related to Chinese and Tibetan) · hi चीनी-तिब्बती (related to Chinese and Tibetan) · pl sinotybetański (related to China and Tibet) · pl transhimalajski (related to China and Tibet) · fr sinotibétain (related to Chinese and Tibetan) · it sinotibetano (related to China and Tibet) · ru кита́йско-тибе́тский (related to Chinese and Tibetan) · cmn 漢藏 /汉藏 (related to Chinese and Tibetan) · fi sinotiibetiläinen (related to Chinese and Tibetan) · hy չին-տիբեթական (related to China and Tibet) · cmn 漢藏 /汉藏 (related to China and Tibet) · ru сино-тибе́тский (related to Chinese and Tibetan) · pl chińsko-tybetański (related to China and Tibet) · hi चीनी-तिब्बती (related to China and Tibet) · ru сино-тибе́тский (related to China and Tibet) · pl transhimalajski (related to Chinese and Tibetan) · pl chińsko-tybetański (related to Chinese and Tibetan) · ja シナ・チベットの (related to Chinese and Tibetan) · fi kiinalais-tiibetiläinen (related to China and Tibet) · hy չին-տիբեթական (related to Chinese and Tibetan) · it sinotibetano (related to Chinese and Tibetan) · de sinotibetisch (related to Chinese and Tibetan)

wikipedia: Jean Przyluski · wikipedia: Gordon Luce