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About Tibetan

Native name
བོད་སྐད
ISO code
ISO 639-1: bo · ISO 639-3: bod
Language family
Sino-Tibetan › Tibeto-Burman
Script
Tibetan
Native speakers
1.2 million
Also spoken in
China, India, Nepal, Bhutan
Official language Also spoken

Standard Tibetan is based on the dialect of Lhasa and is written in an alphabet derived from Brahmi in the 7th century. It is also the language of Tibetan Buddhist literature.

Source: Wikipedia / Ethnologue, 2025