Tibeto-Burman

Ti·bet·o-Bur·man

 (tĭ-bĕt′ō-bûr′mən)

n.

A branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family that includes Tibetan and Burmese.

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Ti·bet′o-Bur′man adj.

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Tibeto-Burman

(tɪˈbɛtəʊˈbɜːmən)

n

(Languages) a branch of the Sino-Tibetan family of languages, sometimes regarded as a family in its own right. Compare Sinitic

adj

(Languages) belonging or relating to this group of languages

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Ti•bet•o-Bur•man

(tɪˈbɛt oʊˈbɜr mən)

n.

a language family, a branch of the Sino-Tibetan family, that includes Tibetan, Burmese, and the languages of many peoples of the Himalayan periphery and upland regions of S, S central, and SE Asia.

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Noun

1.

Tibeto-Burman - a branch of the Sino-Tibetan family of languages spoken from Tibet to the Malay Peninsula Tibeto-Burman language Sino-Tibetan, Sino-Tibetan language - the family of tonal languages spoken in eastern Asia Qiang, Qiangic - the Tibeto-Burman language spoken in Sichuan Bai, Baic - the Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan Himalayish - the Tibeto-Burman language spoken in Tibet and Nepal and Bhutan and Sikkim Kamarupan - the Tibeto-Burman language spoken in northeastern India and adjacent regions of western Burma Karen, Karenic - the Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Thailand and Burmese borderlands Burmese-Yi, Lolo-Burmese - the Tibeto-Burman language spoken in northern Burma and Yunnan Kachin, Kachinic - Tibeto-Burman languages spoken in northernmost Burma and adjacent China and India

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