Tibetan script

E79081

abugida writing system

Tibetan script is an abugida writing system historically used for the Tibetan language and various Himalayan languages, characterized by its distinctive stacked consonants and association with Buddhist literature.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Tibetan script canonical	11
Dzongkha script	1
Tibetan alphabet	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	abugida ⓘ writing system ⓘ
associatedWith	Buddhist literature ⓘ Himalayan religious manuscripts ⓘ Tibetan Buddhism ⓘ classical Tibetan texts ⓘ
consonantCount	30 base consonant letters ⓘ
culturalSignificance	medium for transmission of Buddhist philosophy ⓘ symbol of Tibetan identity ⓘ
derivedFrom	Brahmi script ⓘ Gupta script ⓘ
direction	left-to-right ⓘ
hasPunctuation	double shad mark ⓘ shad mark ⓘ tsheg syllable marker ⓘ
hasWritingStyle	Uchen ⓘ Ume ⓘ cursive styles ⓘ
historicalUse	administrative documents in Tibet ⓘ religious commentaries ⓘ writing Buddhist canonical texts ⓘ
ISO15924	Tibt ⓘ
modernUse	official script of Bhutan for Dzongkha ⓘ used in Tibetan Autonomous Region of China ⓘ used in parts of India and Nepal ⓘ
numeralSystem	Tibetan numerals ⓘ
primaryRegion	Bhutan ⓘ Himalayan region ⓘ Ladakh ⓘ Sikkim ⓘ Tibet Autonomous Region ⓘ surface form: Tibet
religiousFunction	mantras and inscriptions ⓘ manuscripts and prayer books ⓘ
scriptFamily	Brahmic scripts ⓘ
standardLanguageForm	Classical Tibetan ⓘ
unicodeBlock	Tibetan (U+0F00–U+0FFF) ⓘ
usedFor	Balti language ⓘ Dzongkha ⓘ surface form: Dzongkha language Tibetan ⓘ surface form: Ladakhi language Tibetan ⓘ surface form: Sikkimese language Tibetan language ⓘ various Himalayan languages ⓘ
vowelRepresentation	vowels indicated by diacritics around consonants ⓘ
writingSystemFeature	consonant clusters written vertically ⓘ inherent vowel /a/ ⓘ stacked consonants ⓘ syllable-based orthography ⓘ vowel diacritics ⓘ
writingSystemType	alphasyllabary ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

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

Bhutan → usesScript → Tibetan script ⓘ

Brahmi script → hasDescendant → Tibetan script ⓘ

Sino-Tibetan languages → writingSystemUsed → Tibetan script ⓘ

Dzongkha → usesAlphabet → Tibetan script ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tibetan alphabet

Ngalop → usesScript → Tibetan script ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dzongkha script

Wikipedia puzzle globe → hasWritingSystem → Tibetan script ⓘ

Tibetan people → writingSystem → Tibetan script ⓘ

Gupta script → developedInto → Tibetan script ⓘ

Tibetan Empire (indirectly via alliances) → writingSystem → Tibetan script ⓘ

subject surface form: Tibetan Empire

Balti people → scriptHistoricallyUsed → Tibetan script ⓘ

Balti language → hasWritingSystem → Tibetan script ⓘ

Balti language → historicalWritingSystem → Tibetan script ⓘ

Tsangla → hasWritingSystem → Tibetan script ⓘ