Useful english dictionary. 2012.
Sino-Tibetan language speakers — The Sino Tibetan language family is a high level grouping of languages, at the same level as Indo European, with over a billion speakers worldwide. On the basis of historical reconstruction of vocabulary, the nearly 300 languages in this family… … Encyclopedia of Contemporary Chinese Culture
Sino-Tibetan language — n. family of languages of eastern Asia that includes Chinese Sinitic and Burmese and Tibetan … English contemporary dictionary
Tibetan language — Sino Tibetan language spoken by more than five million people in Tibet (Xizang), Qinghai, Sichuan, and Gansu provinces in China; Bhutan; northern Nepal; and the Kashmir region of India and Pakistan. Since the occupation of Tibet by China in 1959 … Universalium
Sino-Tibetan peoples — The term Sino Tibetan peoples is used to describe a people speaking a Sino Tibetan language.PeoplesSino Tibetan peoples are divided into two branches: Chinese peoples and Tibeto Burman peoples.*Chinese peoples: **Han Chinese **Hui **Dungan… … 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 the family of tonal languages spoken in eastern Asia • Syn: ↑Sino Tibetan language • Regions: ↑China, ↑People s Republic of China, ↑mainland China, ↑Communist China, ↑Red China, ↑ … Useful english 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-Tibetan languages — Superfamily of languages whose two branches are the Sinitic or Chinese languages and the Tibeto Burman family, an assemblage of several hundred very diverse languages spoken by about 65 million people from northern Pakistan east to Vietnam, and… … Universalium
Tibetan language — Infobox Language name=Tibetan nativename=བོད་སྐད་ bod skad familycolor=Sino Tibetan states=China, India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan region=Tibet, Kashmir, Baltistan speakers=6,150,000Fact|date=September 2008 fam1=Sino Tibetan fam2=Tibeto Burman fam3 … Wikipedia
Sino-Tibetan — /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] * * * … Universalium
