Sino-Tibetan
китайско-тибетский, сино-тибетский
sinotibetisch
Of or relating to both China and TibetOf or relating to both China and Tibet.
/ˌsaɪnəʊtɪˈbɛtən/
Meaning
2 senses(not comparable)Of or relating to both China and Tibet.
Sino-Tibetan relations are more complicated than the media portrays.
кита́йско-тибе́тскийkitájsko-tibétskij, сино-тибе́тскийsino-tibétskij
(not comparable)Of the Sino-Tibetan languages, one of the major language families.
Mandarin, Burmese, and Tibetan all belong to the Sino-Tibetan language family.
sinotibetisch
сино-тибе́тскийsino-tibétskij, кита́йско-тибе́тскийkitájsko-tibétskij
Translations
6 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
related to China and Tibet:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
related to Chinese and Tibetan:
Origin
In the linguistic sense, a calque of French sino-tibétain, coined in 1924 by Jean PrzyluskIn 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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