Tibetan language
The Tibetan language is a language spoken in Tibet, a region of China. It is one of the main Han–Tibetan languages.
Standard Tibetan | |
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ལྷ་སའི་སྐད་ lha-sa'i skad | |
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Native speakers | (1.3 million cited 1990 census) ca. 5 million of broader Tibetan |
Sino-Tibetan
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Early forms | Old Tibetan
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Tibetan alphabet Tibetan Braille | |
Official status | |
Official language in | ![]() |
Regulated by | Committee for the Standardisation of the Tibetan Language[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-1 | bo |
ISO 639-2 | tib (B) bod (T) |
ISO 639-3 | bod |
It is also spoken in other parts of the Himalaya region, including northern Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, and India (Himachal Pradesh, Uttaranchal and Ladakh).
It has been spoken for many centuries (since at least the 6th century, possibly earlier).
Tibetan has many dialects. People who speak different dialects often cannot easily communicate with each other orally.
The Tibetan written language is not known by most Tibetans and is not taught in many Tibetan areas.
References
- Tibetan: བོད་ཡིག་བརྡ་ཚད་ལྡན་དུ་སྒྱུར་བའི་ལ ས་དོན་ཨུ་ཡོན་ལྷན་ཁང་གིས་བསྒྲིགས
Chinese: 藏语术语标准化工作委员会

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