Tibetan

E109616

Sino-Tibetan language language natural language

Tibetan is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken primarily in Tibet and surrounding Himalayan regions, serving as the liturgical language of Tibetan Buddhism and a key marker of Tibetan cultural identity.

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All labels observed (19)

Label	Occurrences
Classical Tibetan	9
Tibetan canonical	8
Ladakhi language	5
Standard Tibetan	5
Tibetan language	4
Amdo Tibetan	3
Central Tibetan	2
Lhasa Tibetan	2
Old Tibetan	2
Tibetic languages	2
Khams Tibetan	1
Ladakhi	1
Sherpa language	1
Sikkimese language	1
Tibetan American	1
Tibetan languages	1
TibeticLanguages	1
Zhongu Tibetan	1
Ü-Tsang Tibetan	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Sino-Tibetan language ⓘ language ⓘ natural language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Dzongkha ⓘ Sherpa language ⓘ Sikkimese ⓘ
country	Bhutan ⓘ China ⓘ India ⓘ Nepal ⓘ
culturalRole	key marker of Tibetan cultural identity ⓘ
dialect	Tibetan self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Amdo Tibetan Tibetan self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Central Tibetan Tibetan self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Khams Tibetan Tibetan self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ü-Tsang Tibetan
ethnicAssociation	Tibetan ethnicity ⓘ
historicalAncestor	Tibetan self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Old Tibetan
historicalStage	Tibetan self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Classical Tibetan
ISO639-1	bo ⓘ
ISO639-2	bod ⓘ tib ⓘ
ISO639-3	bod ⓘ
languageFamily	Sino-Tibetan languages ⓘ surface form: Sino-Tibetan
languageOf	Tibetan people ⓘ
morphologicalType	agglutinative ⓘ
orthographicFeature	consonant stacks ⓘ inherent vowel system ⓘ
phonologicalFeature	tonal contrasts in many dialects ⓘ
primaryRegion	Bhutan ⓘ Gansu Province ⓘ surface form: Gansu India ⓘ Ladakh ⓘ Nepal ⓘ Qinghai ⓘ Sichuan Province ⓘ surface form: Sichuan Tibet Autonomous Region ⓘ surface form: Tibet Yunnan Province ⓘ surface form: Yunnan
religion	Tibetan Buddhism ⓘ
religiousRole	liturgical language of Tibetan Buddhism ⓘ
scriptType	abugida ⓘ
standardVariety	Tibetan self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Lhasa Tibetan
subfamily	Tibeto-Burman ⓘ
usedBy	Tibetan diaspora communities ⓘ
usedIn	Buddhist scriptures ⓘ administration in historical Tibet ⓘ monastic education ⓘ religious rituals ⓘ traditional Tibetan literature ⓘ
writingDirection	left-to-right ⓘ
writingSystem	Tibetan script ⓘ

Referenced by (51)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Radio Free Asia → languageOfBroadcast → Tibetan ⓘ

Sino-Tibetan languages → includesLanguage → Tibetan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Standard Tibetan

Sino-Tibetan languages → includesLanguage → Tibetan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sherpa language

Sino-Tibetan languages → includesLanguage → Tibetan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lhasa Tibetan

Yunnan Province → ethnicGroup → Tibetan ⓘ

Nepali American → relatedTo → Tibetan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tibetan American

Ladakh → hasLanguage → Tibetan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ladakhi

Balti → hasAncestor → Tibetan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Classical Tibetan

Balti → closelyRelatedTo → Tibetan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ladakhi language

Tibetan script → usedFor → Tibetan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sikkimese language

Tibetan script → usedFor → Tibetan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ladakhi language

Dunhuang → historicalLanguage → Tibetan ⓘ

Tibetan → standardVariety → Tibetan self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lhasa Tibetan

Tibetan → dialect → Tibetan self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Central Tibetan

Tibetan → dialect → Tibetan self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Khams Tibetan

Tibetan → dialect → Tibetan self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Amdo Tibetan

Tibetan → dialect → Tibetan self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ü-Tsang Tibetan

Tibetan → historicalAncestor → Tibetan self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Tibetan

Tibetan → historicalStage → Tibetan self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Classical Tibetan

Qiangic languages → hasSubgroup → Tibetan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zhongu Tibetan

Proto-Sino-Tibetan → ancestorOf → Tibetan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tibetan language

Tibeto-Burman languages → hasSubgroup → Tibetan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tibetic languages

Tibeto-Burman languages → hasMajorLanguage → Tibetan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Standard Tibetan

Tibeto-Burman languages → hasMajorLanguage → Tibetan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Central Tibetan

Northwest China → majorEthnicGroup → Tibetan ⓘ

YN → hasEthnicGroup → Tibetan ⓘ

Taktser, Amdo, Tibet → traditionalLanguage → Tibetan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Amdo Tibetan

Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism → ritualLanguage → Tibetan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Classical Tibetan

Inland China → languageDiversity → Tibetan ⓘ

this entity surface form: TibeticLanguages

Tibetan Empire (indirectly via alliances) → language → Tibetan ⓘ

subject surface form: Tibetan Empire

this entity surface form: Old Tibetan

Shira Yugur language → hasContactWith → Tibetan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tibetan languages

Shira Yugur language → hasLexicalBorrowingFrom → Tibetan ⓘ

Monguor (Tu) language → influencedByLanguage → Tibetan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Amdo Tibetan

Monguor (Tu) language → contactWithLanguage → Tibetan ⓘ

Kangjia language → hasLoanwordsFrom → Tibetan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tibetan language

Tibetan Tengyur → language → Tibetan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Classical Tibetan

Nyingma school → scripturalLanguage → Tibetan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Classical Tibetan

Lan–Yin Mandarin → hasInfluenceFrom → Tibetan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tibetic languages

Bon → usesLanguage → Tibetan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Classical Tibetan

Purgi language → closelyRelatedTo → Tibetan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ladakhi language

Balti language → subclassOf → Tibetan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tibetan language

Balti language → hasAncestor → Tibetan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Classical Tibetan

Balti language → preservesFeatureOf → Tibetan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Classical Tibetan

Balti language → closelyRelatedTo → Tibetan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ladakhi language

Balti language → closelyRelatedTo → Tibetan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Standard Tibetan

Balti language → lexicalSimilarityWith → Tibetan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ladakhi language

’Brug rgyal po → language → Tibetan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tibetan language

རྫོང་ཁ → closelyRelatedTo → Tibetan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Standard Tibetan

Dzong-Ka → closelyRelatedTo → Tibetan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Standard Tibetan

Dzong-Ka → hasPhonologicalInfluenceFrom → Tibetan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Classical Tibetan