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Sino-Tibetan

Si·no-Ti·bet·an [ snō tə bétt'n ]


noun 
Definition:
 
Asian language family: a family of languages of East and Southeast Asia, including two main branches, Chinese Sinitic and Tibeto-Burman. Native speakers: 1,200 million.


Si·no-Ti·bet·an adjective
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