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Relating to or denoting a large language family of eastern Asia whose branches include Sinitic (Chinese), Tibeto-Burman (Burmese and Tibetan), and, in some classifications, Tai (Thai and Lao). They are tonal languages, but the exact relationships among them are unclear.
‘Groups in the northern mountain belt speak languages belonging to the Tibeto-Burmese branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family.’
‘Bhotia and other languages in the mountain belt belong to the Sino-Tibetan linguistic family.’
‘Miao is a Sino-Tibetan language of the Miao-Yao family.’
‘Tibeto-Burman languages are a branch of the Sino-Tibetan family, which is mainly spoken in northeast India, China, and Southeast Asia.’
‘Linguists suggest that other languages in the Sino-Tibetan language family are indigenous to the country.’
‘Tibeto-Burman, a language of the Sino-Tibetan family, is based on a language that originated in India during the seventh century.’
‘Dong language belongs to the Sino-Tibetan family.’
‘Zhuang belongs to the Sino-Tibetan language family.’
‘A member of the Sino-Tibetan family of languages, Thai is one of the oldest languages in East or Southeast Asia.’
‘The Hmong language is relevant to the Sino-Tibetan language family and has two main dialects.’
‘The Tibetan language belongs to the Sino-Tibetan family.’
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The Sino-Tibetan language family.
‘Balti, spoken in the extreme Northeast, belongs to the Sino-Tibetan, rather than the Indo-European, language family.’