Tibetan Language: Tibeto-Burman language
The Tibetan language or Standard Tibetan is a Tibetic language spoken in Tibet, a region of China.
It is one of the many Han–Tibetan languages. It has been spoken for many centuries (since at least the 6th century, possibly earlier).
| Standard Tibetan | |
|---|---|
| ལྷ་སའི་སྐད་ lha-sa'i skad | |
| Native to | China |
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 |  China |
| Regulated by | Committee for the Standardisation of the Tibetan Language |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | bo |
| ISO 639-2 | tib (B) bod (T) |
| ISO 639-3 | bod |
Tibetan has many dialects and Standard Tibetan is one of them. 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.
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