SINO-TIBETAN


Meaning of SINO-TIBETAN in English

/suy'noh ti bet"n, sin'oh-/ , n.

a family of languages including esp. Burmese, Tibetan, and the various local languages and dialects whose speakers share literary Chinese as their standard language.

[ 1915-20; SINO- + TIBETAN ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .