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.

Derived terms

• Proto-Sino-Tibetan

Translations

related to China and Tibet

• Armenian: չին-տիբեթական (čʻin-tibetʻakan)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 漢藏 / 汉藏 (hàn-zàng), 中藏 (zh) (zhōng-zàng)

• Finnish: kiinalais-tiibetiläinen
• French: sinotibétain (fr)
• Hindi: चीन-तिब्बती (cīn-tibbatī)
• Irish: Sín-Tibéadach
• Italian: sinotibetano
• Portuguese: sino-tibetano (pt)
• Russian: кита́йско-тибе́тский (kitájsko-tibétskij), сино-тибе́тский (sino-tibétskij)

related to Chinese and Tibetan

• Armenian: չին-տիբեթական (čʻin-tibetʻakan)
• Burmese: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 漢藏 / 汉藏 (hàn-zàng)

• Dutch: Sino-Tibetaans
• Finnish: sinotiibetiläinen (fi)
• French: sinotibétain (fr)
• German: sinotibetisch
• Hindi: चीन-तिब्बत (cīn-tibbat)
• Irish: Sín-Tibéidise
• Italian: sinotibetano
• Japanese: シナ・チベットの (Shina-Chibetto no)
• Portuguese: sino-tibetano (pt)
• Russian: сино-тибе́тский (sino-tibétskij), кита́йско-тибе́тский (kitájsko-tibétskij)
• Tibetan: please add this translation if you can