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Ti·beto-Bur·man | \ tə-ˌbe-tō-ˈbər-mən 
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\Definition of Tibeto-Burman
1 : a language family that includes Tibetan, Burmese, and related languages of southern and eastern Asia
2 : a member of a people speaking a Tibeto-Burman language
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The first known use of Tibeto-Burman was in 1901
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