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Tibetic languages

The Tibetan language or Tibetic languages are a branch of the Tibeto-Burman languages in the Sino-Tibetan language family. Descending from Old Tibetan, there are 50 recognized Tibetic languages, which branch into more than 200 dialects, which can be grouped into eight dialect continua. These Tibetic languages are spoken in parts of China, Pakistan…

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Early forms
Classical Tibetan
Ethnicity
Tibetan people and other Tibetic-speaking peoples
Geographic distribution
China (Tibet Autonomous Region, Qinghai, Sichuan, Gansu, Yunnan); India (Ladakh, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam); Pakistan (Gilgit-Baltistan); N…
Glottolog
oldm1245
Linguistic classification
Tibeto-BurmanTibeto-Kanauri (?)BodishTibetan · Tibeto-Kanauri (?)BodishTibetan · BodishTibetan · Tibetan
Native speakers
6 million (2014)

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Tibetic languages

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Avg. degree1.99
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related to Tournadre (2014) · 82
Tibetic languages → Baima, Balti, Basum, Bathang, Chab-mdo, Chaktreng, Chamdo, Chos-rje, Dbus, Derge, Derong-Jol, Dhromo Lakha, Dolpo, Drengjong, Drugchu, Dur Brokkat, Dzayul, Dzongkha, Eastern, Garzha
related to References · 68
Tibetic languages → African Studies, America, Asian, Beyer, Bulletin, Classification, Dated, Denwood, Dialectal Analysis, Ethnology, Gendei Tibet-go, Greenhill, Guillaume, Hiroyuki, ISBN, Izzard, Jacques, Jeff Robert, Johann-Mattis, John Benjamins Publishing
related to Terminology · 48
Tibetic languages → Although, BabelStone Tibetan Slim, Baltis, Beyer, Bhutanese, DDC Jogyig, DDC Rinzin, DDC Uchen, Following Nishi, Jomolhari, Kailash, Ladakhis, Lahaulas, Microsoft Himalaya, Nicolas Tournadre, Noto Sans Tibetan, Noto Serif Tibetan, Noto Serif Tibetan Medium, Old Tibetan, Qomolangma-Betsu
related to Writing systems · 30
Tibetic languages → Balti, Baltis, Baltistan's, Devanagari, Hindi, However, India, Indic, Islam, Kashmiris, Ladakhi, Many, Most Tibetic, Nepal, Nepali, Northern Areas, Pakistan, Pakistan's, Pakistani Baltistan, Perso-Arabic
related to Tournadre (2005, 2008) · 21
Tibetic languages → BaltiLadakhi, BaltiLahuli, Brokkat, Brokpa, Burig, Chocangaca, GromaLadakhi, Jirel, JirelSherpa, KagateSherpa, Lakha, LhokäDzongkha, Naapa, Nepalese, Sikkimese, SpitiKyirong, Standard Tibetan, Tibetic, TibeticCentral TibetanThe, Tournadre
related to Classification · 13
Tibetic languages → Amdo, Amdo Tibetan, Baima, China, In, Khalong, Khams, Qiangic, Rgyalrongic, Standard Tibetan, The, Tibetic, Zhongu
related to Proto-Tibetic · 12
Tibetic languages → Classical Literary Tibetan, Consonant, Distinctive, Examples, Old Tibetan, Palatalization, Proto-Tibetic, Proto-Tibeto-Burman, The, This, Tibetic, Tournadre
related to Bhutan · 11
Tibetic languages → Although, Bhutan, Brokpa, Choča-ngača, Dzongkha, East Bodish, Lakha, Other Tibetic, The, Tibetic, Tshangla
related to Origins · 10
Tibetic languages → However, Marius Zemp, Rgyalrongic, Similarly, Sino-Tibetan, Tamangic, Tibetan, Tibetic, West Himalayish, Zhangzhung
Subdivisions · 9
Tibetic languages → Amdo, Central Tibetan, Dzongkha–Lhokä, Jirel, Khams, Kyirong–Kagate, Ladakhi–Balti, Lahuli–Spiti, Sherpa

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tibetan languages language tibetic khams dialects tournadre nepal central tibet amdo also spoken india bhutan tsang dzongkha balti proto-tibetic china

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Tibetic languagesEarly formsClassical Tibetan1.00infobox
Tibetic languagesEthnicityTibetan people and other Tibetic-speaking peoples1.00infobox
Tibetic languagesGeographic distributionChina (Tibet Autonomous Region, Qinghai, Sichuan, Gansu, Yunnan); India (Ladakh, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam); Pakistan (Gilgit-Baltistan); N…1.00infobox
Tibetic languagesGlottologoldm12451.00infobox
Tibetic languagesLinguistic classificationTibeto-BurmanTibeto-Kanauri (?)BodishTibetan1.00infobox
Tibetic languagesLinguistic classificationTibeto-Kanauri (?)BodishTibetan1.00infobox
Tibetic languagesLinguistic classificationBodishTibetan1.00infobox
Tibetic languagesLinguistic classificationTibetan1.00infobox
Tibetic languagesNative speakers6 million (2014)1.00infobox
Tibetic languagesSubdivisionsCentral Tibetan1.00infobox
Tibetic languagesSubdivisionsAmdo1.00infobox
Tibetic languagesSubdivisionsKhams1.00infobox
Tibetic languagesSubdivisionsDzongkha–Lhokä1.00infobox
Tibetic languagesSubdivisionsLadakhi–Balti1.00infobox
Tibetic languagesSubdivisionsLahuli–Spiti1.00infobox
Tibetic languagesSubdivisionsKyirong–Kagate1.00infobox
Tibetic languagesSubdivisionsSherpa1.00infobox
Tibetic languagesSubdivisionsJirel1.00infobox

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