Sino-Tibetan

Sino- +‎ Tibetan

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

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.

• Proto-Sino-Tibetan