Tibeto-burman

adj

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    a branch of the Sino-Tibetan family of languages spoken from Tibet to the Malay Peninsula wordnet
Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or relating to both Tibet and Burma. not-comparable, rare
  2. 2
    Of the Tibeto-Burman languages, one of the subgroups of the Sino-Tibetan language family. not-comparable

    "Oral tradition and archaeological evidence suggest the Chin were the earliest Tibeto-Burman group to come to the Chindwin Valley, a settlement process starting as early as the 4ᵗʰ century."

Synonyms

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languagetibeto-burman language

Example

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"Bodo is a Tibeto-Burman language, as opposed to Assamese, which is an Indo-European language."

Etymology

From Tibeto- + Burman.

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