Tibeto-Burman language

Tibeto-Burman language
noun
a branch of the Sino-Tibetan family of languages spoken from Tibet to the Malay Peninsula
Syn: ↑Tibeto-Burman
Hypernyms: ↑Sino-Tibetan, ↑Sino-Tibetan language
Hyponyms:
Qiang, ↑Qiangic, ↑Bai, ↑Baic, ↑Himalayish, ↑Kamarupan, ↑Karen, ↑Karenic, ↑Lolo-Burmese, ↑Burmese-Yi, ↑Kachin, ↑Kachinic

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