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sino-tibetan

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Si⋅no-Ti⋅bet⋅an

  [sahy-noh-ti-bet-n, sin-oh-]
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–noun
a family of languages including esp. Burmese, Tibetan, and the various local languages and dialects whose speakers share literary Chinese as their standard language.
Origin:
1915–20; Sino- + Tibetan
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Si·no-Ti·bet·an   (sī'nō-tĭ-bět'n, sĭn'ō-)   
n.  A language family that includes the Sinitic and Tibeto-Burman branches.
Si'no-Ti·bet'an adj.
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