- The
Tibetic languages form a well-defined
group of
languages descending from Old
Tibetan (7th to 9th centuries, or to the 11th/12th centuries). According...
- for the
Tibetan ethnonym Bod, is a
proposed grouping consisting of the
Tibetic languages and ****ociated Sino-Tibetan
languages spoken in Tibet, North...
-
derives from the most
widely spoken of
these languages,
Burmese and the
Tibetic languages,
which also have
extensive literary traditions,
dating from the...
- (lit. 'Tibetan') may
refer to
several Tibetic (Sino-Tibetan)
languages spoken in India:
Bhoti Kinnauri, a
Tibetic language of Kinnaur,
Himachal Pradesh...
-
Indian and
Nepali exonym lumping together various ethnic groups speaking Tibetic languages, as well as some
groups speaking other Tibeto-Burman languages...
- The
Ladakhi language is a
Tibetic language spoken in the
Indian union territory of Ladakh. It is the
predominant language in the Buddhist-dominated district...
-
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...
-
languages with
large numbers of
speakers include Burmese (33 million) and the
Tibetic languages (6 million). Four
United Nations member states (China, Singapore...
- Tibet) may or may not be Qiangic.
Gyalrongic languages are
surrounded by
Tibetic languages and have thus been in
intense contact with them. However, there...
-
classical Tibetan refers to the
language of any text
written in
Tibetic after the Old
Tibetan period.
Though it
extends from the 12th
century until the...
