Ti sasao a Sinitiko,[1] ken kadawyan a mainaig iti grupo dagiti karuay ti Insik, ket ti pamilia ti sasao a Sino-Tibetano. Naipagpagarup dagitoy a pudno a mangbukel ti nangruna a sanga,[2] ngem daytoy ket pinaay babaen ti maysa nga umad-adu a bilang dagiti agsuksukisok. Dagiti pagsasao a Bai ken dagitii mabalin a kabagian, a narigat ti pannakaidasigna, ket mabalin pay a Sinitiko;[3] no saan ti Sinitiko ket kapada ti Insik, ken ti termino ket mabalin a mausar a mangibaga a dagiti karuay ti Insik ket naisangayanda a pagsasao imbes a dagiti dialekto iti bgbgting a pagsasao.[4]
^Ti kayat a sawen ti Sinitiko ket mainaig iti Tsian wenno ti Insik. Daytoy ket naala manipud iti balikas a Greco-Latin ti Sīnai ('ti Insik'), ken mabalin a nagtaud daytoy iti Arabiko ti Ṣīn ('Tsina'), manipud iti dinastiko a nagan ti Insik iti Qín. (OED)
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