also: しなチベットごぞく
noun
Sino-Tibetan language family
Linguistic term for the language family that includes Chinese, Tibetan, Burmese, and many other languages of East, South, and Southeast Asia.
シナチベット語族には、中国語やチベット語、ビルマ語などが含まれる。
The Sino-Tibetan language family includes Chinese, Tibetan, Burmese, and others.
Standard modern spelling using katakana for the loanword portion.
Older spelling with 支那; now largely avoided due to the potentially derogatory nuance of 支那.
From シナ (Sino-, from China) + チベット (Tibet) + 語族 (language family).