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The Tibetic languages ( Tibetan: བོད་སྐད།) are a cluster of mutually unintelligible Sino-Tibetan languages spoken by approximately 8 million people, primarily Tibetan, living across a wide area of East and South Asia, including the Tibetan Plateau and Baltistan, Ladakh, Nepal, Sikkim, and Bhutan.
- 6.3 million
- 26,700
- 20,000–40,000
- 182,685 (2011 census)
The population of the region is almost entirely Tibetan, with Han (Chinese), Hui (Chinese Muslims), Monba, Lhoba, and other minority nationalities. Thus, the majority of the people of Tibet have the same ethnic origin, have traditionally practiced the same religion, and speak the same language.
May 10, 2024 · Tibet, historic region and autonomous region of China that is often called ‘the roof of the world.’. It occupies a vast area of plateaus and mountains in Central Asia, including Mount Everest. The name Tibet is derived from the Mongolian Thubet, the Chinese Tufan, the Tai Thibet, and the Arabic Tubbat.
May 7, 2024 · Apr. 23, 2024, 4:53 AM ET (Taipei Times) Protesters disrupt Chinese envoy’s speech. Tibetan, people who inhabit Tibet or nearby regions and speak Tibetan. All Tibetans share the same language. It is highly stylized, with an honorific and an ordinary word for most terms of reference.
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Nepal. Bhutan. United States. Canada. Languages. Tibetan. Religions. Predominantly Tibetan Buddhism, Bön. The Tibetan people are indigenous to Tibet and surrounding areas stretching from Central Asia in the North and West to Myanmar and China Proper in the East.
Tibetan Buddhism influences Tibetan art, drama and architecture, while the harsh geography of Tibet has produced an adaptive culture of Tibetan medicine and cuisine. The Tibetan people are an East Asian ethnic group native to Tibet. Their current population is estimated to be around 6.7 million.
Aug 25, 2023 · Tibet profile - BBC News. 25 August 2023. Tibet, the remote and mainly-Buddhist territory known as the "roof of the world", is governed as an autonomous region of China. Historically, Tibet was...
