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oldm1245. Division of Tibetic Cultural Areas. The Tibetic languages form a well-defined group of languages descended from Old Tibetan (7th to 9th centuries). [2] According to Tournadre (2014), there are 50 languages, which split into over 200 dialects or could be grouped into 8 dialect continua. [2]
Lhasa Tibetan (Tibetan: ལྷ་སའི་སྐད་, Wylie: Lha-sa'i skad, THL: Lhaséké, ZYPY: Lasägä), or Standard Tibetan, is the Tibetan dialect spoken by educated people of Lhasa, the capital of the Tibetan Autonomous Region.
- (1.2 million cited 1990 census)
Tibetan language may refer to: Classical Tibetan, the classical language used also as a contemporary written standard; Lhasa Tibetan, the most widely used spoken dialect; Any of the other Tibetic languages; See also. Old Tibetan, the language used from the 7th to the 11th century; Central Tibetan language, which forms the basis of Standard Tibetan
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). Tibetan has many dialects and Standard Tibetan is one of them.
- (1.3 million cited 1990 census), ca. 5 million of broader Tibetan
Tibetan is Tibetic language spoken mainly in the Tibet Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China, and also in parts of India and Nepal. According to the 1990 census, there are 1.2 million speakers of Standard Tibetan, which is also known as Lhasa Tibetan, and is the Tibetic language with the most speakers.
Central Tibetan, also known as Dbus, Ü or Ü-Tsang, is the most widely spoken Tibetic language and the basis of Standard Tibetan . Dbus and Ü are forms of the same name. Dbus is a transliteration of the name in Tibetan script, དབུས་, whereas Ü is the pronunciation of the same in Lhasa dialect, [wy˧˥˧ʔ] (or [y˧˥˧ʔ] ).
Tibet ( / tɪˈbɛt / ⓘ; Tibetan: བོད, Lhasa dialect: [pʰøːʔ˨˧˩] Böd; Chinese: 西藏; pinyin: Xīzàng ), or Greater Tibet, is a region in the central part of East Asia, covering much of the Tibetan Plateau and spanning about 2,500,000 km 2 (970,000 sq mi). It is the homeland of the Tibetan people.