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sino-tibetan

/ˌsaɪnəʊtɪˈbɛtən/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.04 in modern English

Syllables
sino-ti-betan
IPA
/ˌsaɪnəʊtɪˈbɛtən/
13
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or relating to both China and Tibet.

adj

Of the Sino-Tibetan languages, one of the major language families.

Example Sentences

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.

Phrases

Proto-Sino-Tibetan Sino-Tibetanist

Synonyms

Trans-Himalayan sino-tibetan language

Questions

How do you pronounce sino-tibetan?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌsaɪnəʊtɪˈbɛtən/.
What does sino-tibetan mean?
Of or relating to both China and Tibet.
Where does sino-tibetan come from?
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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