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Definition of: Sino-Tibetan
(sī′nō·ti·bet′n) noun
A family of tone languages spoken over a wide area in central and SE Asia, including the languages of China, Burma, Tibet, and Indochina: characterized by monosyllabic, uninflected word-forms which indicate their syntactic roles by position only. Also called Indochinese.
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