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单词 sino-tibetan
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Sino-Tibetanadj.n.

Brit. /ˌsʌɪnəʊtᵻˈbɛtn/, /ˌsɪnəʊtᵻˈbɛtn/, U.S. /ˌsaɪnoʊtəˈbɛtn/, /ˌsɪnoʊtəˈbɛtn/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: Sino- comb. form1, Tibetan adj.
Etymology: < Sino- comb. form1 + Tibetan adj. In uses with reference to a language family (see senses A. 2b and B.) after French sino-tibétain, noun and adjective (J. Przyluski 1924 in A. Meillet & M. Cohen Langues du monde 361-84).
A. adj.
1. Of, belonging to, or involving both China and Tibet.
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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Far East > [adjective] > China > China and other lands
Sino-Tibetan1881
Sino-Japanese1894
Sino-Indian1895
Sino-Russian1895
Sino-American1911
Sino-Soviet1920
1881 Numismatic Chron. 1 348 The specimen of the 48th year is the last, for it was superseded by the Sino-Tibetan coinage the following year.
1973 Times 14 Nov. 18/3 The Nagas are a group of 20 tribes of Sino-Tibetan origin.
2002 Econ. & Polit. Weekly 15 June 2313/1 The study takes a long-range comprehensive view of Sino-Tibetan relations from the earliest beginnings to the present times.
2. Linguistics.
a. Of or relating to a variety of the Tibetan language strongly influenced by Chinese, e.g. in having numerous Chinese loanwords or using Chinese script. Cf. Sino- comb. form1 2a.Only in occasional use after the development of sense A. 2b.
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the mind > language > languages of the world > Sino-Tibetan > [adjective] > of Chinese > and other languages
Sinico-Annamitic1838
Sinico-Japanese1841
Sino-Japanese1884
Sino-Tibetan1915
1915 T'oung Pao 16 420 All difficulties presented by the Sino-Tibetan transcriptions have been solved by me.
1962 Monumenta Serica 21 335 The Ch'ang-an pronunciation..fell back to mere dialect status, but was still reflected in the successive Sino-Tibetan and Sino-Uighur transcriptions.
1976 Jrnl. Linguistics 12 224 Both MC [Middle Chinese] /ɑ/ and /a/ were transcribed as a in the Sino-Tibetan texts.
b. Designating a large language family of eastern Asia which includes Chinese, Burmese, Tibetan, and related languages; of or relating to this family. See sense B.
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the mind > language > languages of the world > Sino-Tibetan > [adjective]
Sino-Tibetan1931
1931 Anthropos 26 219 The theory of common origin of the Sino-Tibetan family.
1954 M. A. Pei & F. Gaynor Dict. Linguistics 116 Kuki-Chin, a group of dialects (Lai, Lushei, Meithei, Tashon, etc.), constituting a subdivision of the Arakan-Burmese branch of the Tibeto-Burmese sub-family of the Sino-Tibetan family of languages.
1978 Proc. Royal Irish Acad. C. 78 57 To solve these problems one would need to be a specialist in the field of comparative Sino-Tibetan grammar.
2002 G. M. Eberhart Mysterious Creatures II. 365/1 The term was also used for followers of serpent cults in India, particularly the pre-Hindu Nagas, who spoke a Sino-Tibetan language.
B. n.
Linguistics. A large language family of eastern Asia which includes Chinese, Burmese, Tibetan, and related languages.In some classifications Thai and related languages are also included in this family, although this inclusion is not widely accepted.
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the mind > language > languages of the world > Sino-Tibetan > [noun]
orientals1672
Oriental language1822
Sino-Tibetan1931
1931 Bull. School Oriental Stud. 6 668 It seems possible to reconstruct for original Sino-Tibetan some such form as *pargyak.
1940 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 60 302 The comparative grammar of Sino-Tibetan, which from the point of view of the number of speakers, culture, and economic importance ranks second in the world, has hardly begun.
1977 C. F. Voegelin & F. M. Voegelin Classif. & Index World's Langs. 307 It is the older, more liberal, classifications of Sino-Tibetan that have now come under critical scrutiny.
2010 Language 86 714 Luo's evidence will have to be reckoned with by anyone seriously advocating the genetic separation of Tai-Kadai and Sino-Tibetan.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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