Sino-Tibetan

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• Sino-Tibetan — can refer to:* Sino Tibetan languages * Sino Tibetan peoples …   Wikipedia

• Sino-Tibetan — adjective a) Of, or relating to, both China and Tibet Sino Tibetan relations are more complicated than the media portrays it. b) Of the , one of the major language families. Mandarin, Burmese and Tibetan all belong to the Sino Tibetan language… …   Wiktionary

• Sino-Tibetan — noun Date: 1920 a language family comprising Tibeto Burman and Chinese …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Sino- Tibetan — Лингвистика: китайско тибетские языки (languages) …   Универсальный англо-русский словарь

• Sino-Tibetan — Лингвистика: сино тибетские языки (languages) …   Универсальный англо-русский словарь

• Sino-Tibetan — Abbreviation: SIT (Other) …   Универсальный русско-английский словарь

• Proto-Sino-Tibetan — noun The original language, or rather, cluster of dialects, from which descend the Sino Tibetan family of languages, to include Tibeto Burman group and the various Chinese languages; the exact phylogenetic relationships remain subject to… …   Wiktionary

• Sino- — combining form Etymology: French, from Late Latin Sinae, plural, Chinese, from Greek Sinai, probably of Indo Aryan origin; akin to Sanskrit Cīnā, plural, Chinese 1. Chinese < sinology > 2. Chinese and < Sino Tibetan > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Sino-Tibetan languages — Sino Tibetan Geographic distribution: East Asia Linguistic classification: One of the world s major language families. Subdivisions: Sinitic Tibeto Burman ISO 639 …   Wikipedia



• Sino-Indian War — Part of Cold War …   Wikipedia