also: しなチベットしょご
noun
Sino-Tibetan languages
A major language family including Chinese, Tibetan, Burmese, and many other languages of East, South, and Southeast Asia.
シナチベット諸語は、中国語やチベット語を含む大きな語族です。
The Sino-Tibetan languages are a large language family that includes Chinese and Tibetan.
Standard modern spelling using katakana for 'Sino-Tibetan'.
Older spelling using the kanji 支那 for 'Sino-'. This form is now rare and may be considered dated or potentially offensive due to the historical connotations of 支那.
From English 'Sino-Tibetan' + 諸語 (shogo, 'languages'). The 'Sino-' part is derived from Late Latin 'Sinae' (China).