Meanings
adjectiveTibeto-Burman (not comparable)
- not comparablehuman sciencesOf the Tibeto-Burman languages, one of the subgroups of the Sino-Tibetan language family.
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.
2021 December 28, Samson Alexander Lotven, “THE SOUND SYSTEMS OF ZOPHEI DIALECTS AND OTHER MARAIC LANGUAGES”, in Indiana University, archived from the original on 07 Mar 2025, page 7
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna branch of the Sino-Tibetan family of languages spoken from Tibet to the Malay Peninsula
Similar
Tibeto-Burman language
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 藏緬語族 /藏缅语族
- 藏緬語族 /藏缅语族 (Zàng-Miǎn yǔzú)of the language family
Finnish tiibet-burmalainen, tiibetiläis-burmalainen
- tiibet-burmalainenrelated to Tibet and Burma
- tiibetiläis-burmalainenof the language family
French tibéto-birman, tibéto-birman
- tibéto-birmanrelated to Tibet and Burma
- tibéto-birmanof the language family
German tibetobirmanisch
- tibetobirmanischof the language family
Cite this entry
APA
Tibeto-Burman. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tibeto-Burman
MLA
“Tibeto-Burman.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tibeto-Burman. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Tibeto-Burman,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tibeto-Burman.
Source: Tibeto-Burman on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.