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What does Tibeto-Burman mean?

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Adjective
  1. (rare) Of or relating to both Tibet and Burma.
  2. (linguistics) Of the Tibeto-Burman languages, one of the subgroups of the Sino-Tibetan language family.
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Other than Karen and Bai, Tibeto-Burman languages feature a Subject Object Verb order.
In the northeastern hills, numerous Tibeto-Burman languages are spoken.
In addition, a language with no relatives at all, Nahali, is spoken in central India, whereas in the east, Tibeto-Burman and Munda languages are spoken.
The Tibeto-Burman languages are spoken in Tibet, Nepal, Burma, western China, and the Assam State in India.
They constitute three linguistic families, Tibeto-Burman, Mon-Khmer, and Tai, although today Burmese is written and spoken by most.
It belongs to the Tibeto-Burman branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family.

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