Sino-Tibetan language

C6638
concept

A Sino-Tibetan language is any member of a large language family, including Chinese and Tibeto-Burman languages, characterized by shared historical origins in East and Southeast Asia and often featuring tonal systems and analytic grammar.

All labels observed (15)

Label Occurrences
Sino-Tibetan language canonical 107
Tibeto-Burman language 64
Sino-Tibetan languages 11

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: Sino-Tibetan language
Generated description
A Sino-Tibetan language is any member of a large language family, including Chinese and Tibeto-Burman languages, characterized by shared historical origins in East and Southeast Asia and often featuring tonal systems and analytic grammar.

Instances (203)

Instance Via concept surface
Dzongkha —
Tibetan —
Newar language —
Meitei language Tibeto-Burman language
Naxi language —
Lepcha language —
Jingpo language Tibeto-Burman language
Qiangic languages Sino-Tibetan languages
Kiranti languages Sino-Tibetan languages
Tani languages Sino-Tibetan languages
Kuki-Chin languages Sino-Tibetan languages
Karbi language Tibeto-Burman language
Dimasa language Tibeto-Burman language
Bodo–Konyak–Jingpho branch subgroup of Sino-Tibetan languages
Boro language Tibeto-Burman language
Mishing language Tibeto-Burman language
Kuki-Chin-Naga Tibeto-Burman subgroup
Tibeto-Burman languages Sino-Tibetan language branch
Sgaw Karen language —
Karenic languages Sino-Tibetan languages
Old Chinese —
Pwo Karen language —
Pa’O language Tibeto-Burman language
Tujia language —
Yi language
linked to: Yi
Tibeto-Burman language
Kokborok Tibeto-Burman language
Ao language
linked to: Ao Naga
Tibeto-Burman language
Reang language Tibeto-Burman language
Manipuri Tibeto-Burman language
Dimasa Tibeto-Burman language
Tamang —
Gurung —
Hmong Daw —
Kam language Sinitic-border minority language of China
Bodo language
linked to: Bodo
—
Karen languages Sino-Tibetan languages
Hakha Chin Tibeto-Burman language
Falam Chin Tibeto-Burman language
Tedim Chin Tibeto-Burman language
Lolo-Burmese Sino-Tibetan language subgroup
Balti language Tibetic language
Sharchopkha —
རྫོང་ཁ Tibeto-Burman language
Tsangla Tibeto-Burman language
Hmong Sino-Tibetan region minority language
Bhutia —
Lepcha Tibeto-Burman language
Tangut Tibeto-Burman language
Naqxi —
Nakhi —