Tibeto-Burman Definition

tĭ-bĕtō-bûrmən
noun
A branch of the Sino-Tibetan family of languages, including Tibetan and Burmese.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • Tibeto-Burman language
adjective
Designating or of this group of languages or the peoples speaking them or their cultures.
Webster's New World

Of, or relating to, both Tibet and Burma.

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Tibeto-Burman Sentence Examples

  • Linguistically, Tibetan is allied to the Burmese languages, and forms with the latter a family of the so-called Turano-Scythian stock called " Tibeto-Burman " (q.v.), the unity of which family was first recognized by Brian Hodgson in 1828, and indeed several of the dialects of Tibetan are still only known through the copious vocabularies collected by him.

  • Excluding immigrants the languages spoken by the people of Bengal belong to one or other of four linguistic families - Aryan, Dravidian, Munda and Tibeto-Burman.

  • The Aryan languages are spoken in the plains by almost the whole population; the Munda and Dravidian in the Chota Nagpur plateau and adjoining tracts; and the Tibeto-Burman in Darjeeling, Sikkim and Jalpaiguri.

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Words Starting With

TTITIB

Words Ending With

NANMAN

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Tibeto-Burman

Words Starting With T and Ending With N

Starts With T & Ends With NStarts With TI & Ends With NStarts With T & Ends With AN

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13 Letter Words13 Letter Words Starting With T13 Letter Words Ending With N