Sino-Tibetan

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or relating to both China and Tibet.
  2. Of the Sino-Tibetan languages, one of the major language families.

Pronunciation

/ˌsaɪnəʊtɪˈbɛtən/ /ˌsɪnəʊtɪˈbɛtən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sumxr-Sino-Tibetan.wav

Word forms

Sino-Tibetan

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.

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