Tibetan

E109616

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.

All labels observed (23)

How this entity was disambiguated

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 Amdo Tibetan ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan

Central Tibetan ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan

Khams Tibetan ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan

Ü-Tsang Tibetan ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan
ethnicAssociation Tibetan ethnicity ⓘ
historicalAncestor Old Tibetan ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan
historicalStage Classical Tibetan ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan
ISO639-1 bo ⓘ
ISO639-2 bod ⓘ
tib ⓘ
ISO639-3 bod ⓘ
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan ⓘ
languageOf Tibetan people ⓘ
morphologicalType agglutinative ⓘ
orthographicFeature consonant stacks ⓘ
inherent vowel system ⓘ
phonologicalFeature tonal contrasts in many dialects ⓘ
primaryRegion Bhutan ⓘ
Gansu ⓘ
linked to: Gansu Province

India ⓘ
Ladakh ⓘ
Nepal ⓘ
Qinghai ⓘ
Sichuan ⓘ
linked to: Sichuan Province

Tibet ⓘ
Yunnan ⓘ
linked to: Yunnan Province
religion Tibetan Buddhism ⓘ
religiousRole liturgical language of Tibetan Buddhism ⓘ
scriptType abugida ⓘ
standardVariety Lhasa Tibetan ⓘ
linked to: 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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (99)

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

Sino-Tibetan languages → includesLanguage → Standard Tibetan ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan
Sino-Tibetan languages → includesLanguage → Sherpa language ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan
Sino-Tibetan languages → includesLanguage → Lhasa Tibetan ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan
Yunnan Province → ethnicGroup → Tibetan ⓘ
Nepali American → relatedTo → Tibetan American ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan
Ladakh → hasLanguage → Ladakhi ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan
Balti → hasAncestor → Classical Tibetan ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan
Balti → closelyRelatedTo → Ladakhi language ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan
Tibetan script → usedFor → Sikkimese language ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan
Tibetan script → usedFor → Ladakhi language ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan
Dunhuang → historicalLanguage → Tibetan ⓘ
Tibetan → standardVariety → Lhasa Tibetan ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan
Tibetan → dialect → Central Tibetan ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan
Tibetan → dialect → Khams Tibetan ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan
Tibetan → dialect → Amdo Tibetan ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan
Tibetan → dialect → Ü-Tsang Tibetan ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan
Tibetan → historicalAncestor → Old Tibetan ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan
Tibetan → historicalStage → Classical Tibetan ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan
Qiangic languages → hasSubgroup → Zhongu Tibetan ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan
Proto-Sino-Tibetan → ancestorOf → Tibetan language ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan
Tibeto-Burman languages → hasSubgroup → Tibetic languages ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan
Tibeto-Burman languages → hasMajorLanguage → Standard Tibetan ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan
Tibeto-Burman languages → hasMajorLanguage → Central Tibetan ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan
YN → hasEthnicGroup → Tibetan ⓘ
Taktser, Amdo, Tibet → traditionalLanguage → Amdo Tibetan ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan
Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism → ritualLanguage → Classical Tibetan ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan
Inland China → languageDiversity → TibeticLanguages ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan
Tibetan Empire → language → Old Tibetan ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan
Shira Yugur language → hasContactWith → Tibetan languages ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan
Monguor (Tu) language → influencedByLanguage → Amdo Tibetan ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan
Kangjia language → hasLoanwordsFrom → Tibetan language ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan
Tibetan Tengyur → language → Classical Tibetan ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan
Nyingma school → scripturalLanguage → Classical Tibetan ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan
Lan–Yin Mandarin → hasInfluenceFrom → Tibetic languages ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan
Bon → usesLanguage → Classical Tibetan ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan
Purgi language → closelyRelatedTo → Ladakhi language ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan
Balti language → subclassOf → Tibetan language ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan
Balti language → hasAncestor → Classical Tibetan ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan
Balti language → preservesFeatureOf → Classical Tibetan ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan
Balti language → closelyRelatedTo → Ladakhi language ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan
Balti language → closelyRelatedTo → Standard Tibetan ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan
Balti language → lexicalSimilarityWith → Ladakhi language ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan
’Brug rgyal po → language → Tibetan language ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan
རྫོང་ཁ → closelyRelatedTo → Standard Tibetan ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan
Dzong-Ka → closelyRelatedTo → Standard Tibetan ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan
Dzong-Ka → hasPhonologicalInfluenceFrom → Classical Tibetan ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan