Sino-Tibetan

Si·no-Ti·bet·an  (sn-t-btn, sn-)

n.

A language family that includes the Sinitic and Tibeto-Burman branches.

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Sino-Ti·betan adj.

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Sino-Tibetan [ˈsaɪnəʊ-]

n

(Linguistics / Languages) a family of languages that includes most of the languages of China, as well as Tibetan, Burmese, and possibly Thai. Their most noticeable phonological characteristic is the phonemic use of tones

adj

(Linguistics / Languages) belonging or relating to this family of languages

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

Sino-Tibetan - the family of tonal languages spoken in eastern Asia Sino-Tibetan language natural language, tongue - a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language Sinitic, Sinitic language - a group of Sino-Tibetan languages Tibeto-Burman, Tibeto-Burman language - a branch of the Sino-Tibetan family of languages spoken from Tibet to the Malay Peninsula Kadai, Kadai language, Kam-Tai - a family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia Burma, Myanmar, Union of Burma - a mountainous republic in southeastern Asia on the Bay of Bengal; "much opium is grown in Myanmar" Cathay, China, Communist China, mainland China, People's Republic of China, PRC, Red China - a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world Sitsang, Thibet, Tibet, Xizang - an autonomous region of the Peoples Republic of China; located in the Himalayas Kingdom of Thailand, Siam, Thailand - a country of southeastern Asia that extends southward along the Isthmus of Kra to the Malay Peninsula; "Thailand is the official name of the former Siam"