# Sino-Tibetan

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˌsaɪnəʊtɪˈbɛtən/

## Definitions
1. Of or relating to both China and Tibet.
2. Of the Sino-Tibetan languages, one of the major language families.

## Etymology
In the linguistic sense, a calque of French sino-tibétain, coined in 1924 by Jean Przyluski. Przyluski and Gordon Luce then introduced the English equivalent Sino-Tibetan in 1931.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/sino-tibetan