What language do Tibetans speak?

Tibetan language, Tibetic (or Bodic) language belonging to the Tibeto-Burman group of the Sino-Tibetan
Sino-Tibetan
Sino-Tibetan languages, group of languages that includes both the Chinese and the Tibeto-Burman languages. In terms of numbers of speakers, they constitute the world's second largest language family (after Indo-European), including more than 300 languages and major dialects.
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language family; it is spoken in Tibet, Bhutan, Nepal, and in parts of northern India (including Sikkim).
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What language is closest to Tibetan?

In general, the varieties spoken in central Tibet and nearby areas are considered Tibetan dialects, while other varieties such as Dzongkha, Sikkimese, Sherpa, and Ladakhi, are considered to be closely-related but separate languages.
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Can Tibetans speak Chinese?

Most Chinese can't speak Tibetan but most Tibetans can speak at least a little Chinese although degrees of fluency vary a great deal with most speaking only basic survival Chinese. Some young Tibetans speak mostly Chinese when they are outside the home. From 1947 to 1987 the official language of Tibet was Chinese.
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Is Chinese and Tibetan language same?

Although Chinese, Tibetan and Burmese languages sound completely different from one another, they are all derived from a common ancestral tongue. A new analysis suggests the ancient language might have emerged in northern China and spread to the south and west with agriculture.
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Is Tibetan an official language?

Tibetan is an official language in Tibet and parts of China where Tibetans have traditionally been the main ethnic group, in what the government calls “autonomous” regions and areas. Yet Beijing has for decades promoted “Putonghua,” or standard Mandarin Chinese, as a way of unifying a diverse country.
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How do you say hello in Tibetan?

In Tibet, one of the most common greetings shared amongst its citizens is the phrase “Tashi delek” (བཀྲ་ཤིས་བདེ་ལེགས།). Rather than a greeting synonymous with the English “hello”, the phrase instead wishes the receiver a blessing of “good fortune”.
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Are Tibetans Chinese?

-- Generally calling themselves “Bodpa”, they speak dialects derived from the written Tibetan language. -- Tibetans have been formally classed as one of China's 56 ethnic groups since Chinese troops were sent in 1950.
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Is Vietnamese Sino-Tibetan?

Rather than a Sino-Tibetan language, it's an Austroasiatic language like Khmer, Mon, and the Munda languages of India.
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Is Tibetan different than Chinese?

Politically, Tibetans are considered Chinese and part of the Chinese population. But in terms of ethnicity, the Chinese people outnumber the Tibetan people. Due to its multiracial status, there are many languages spoken in China. There are four major linguistic families, six Chinese dialects and 41 minority languages.
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Is Tibetan hard to learn?

So, if that's the case you'll most probably be wondering, how hard is Tibetan to learn? The simple answer is that it is not too difficult once you overcome some of the basic hurdles. Vocabulary – There are a few English loan words in Tibetan, but I wont lie, the vocabulary looks a little alien at first.
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How many Tibetan languages are there?

In a study published this May , Roche concludes that as many as 52 linguistically distinct languages may be spoken on the Plateau. In general, a language can be thought of as encompassing both grammatical elements and a lexicon of words.
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Where does Tibetan come from?

In addition to the majority living in Tibet Autonomous Region of China, significant numbers of Tibetans live in the Chinese provinces of Gansu, Qinghai, Sichuan and Yunnan, as well as in India, Pakistan, Nepal and Bhutan. Tibetan languages belong to the Tibeto-Burman language group.
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What religion do Tibetans practice?

Most ethnic Tibetans practice Tibetan Buddhism, although a sizeable minority practices Bon, a pre-Buddhist indigenous religion. Small minorities practice Islam, Catholicism, or Protestantism.
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What language does the Dalai Lama speak?

The Dalai Lama has said that his first language was "a broken Xining language which was (a dialect of) the Chinese language", a form of Central Plains Mandarin, and his family speak neither Amdo Tibetan nor Lhasa Tibetan.
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Is English spoken in Tibet?

During your Tibet tours, you may want very much to talk with the local Tibetans. However, generally speaking, most Tibetans can not speak English. English is only spoken at foreigner's hotels or some star hotels in the big cities like Lhasa and Shigatse.
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Is Thai Sino-Tibetan?

Tai Languages

The Tai or Thai subfamily of Sino-Tibetan is made up of the Thai language (formerly called Siamese) of Thailand, the Lao tongue of Laos, the Shan language of Myanmar, possibly the Vietnamese tongue of Vietnam, and a number of others.
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Is Mandarin Latin based?

Like Japanese, Mandarin Chinese lacks a common Latin root with English. This rules out using cognates (words that have a common etymological origin) as a short-cut to learning the language. Unlike Japanese, however, Chinese lacks an alphabet (or alphabets). Chinese is written entirely with iconographic characters.
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What language family is Mandarin?

Mandarin is part of the Chinese family of languages, which in turn is part of the Sino-Tibetan language group. All Chinese languages are tonal, which means that the way words are pronounced varies their meanings.
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Where is Mandarin spoken?

Mandarin Chinese is spoken in all of China north of the Yangtze River and in much of the rest of the country and is the native language of two-thirds of the population.
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What is the most spoken language in the world?

English is the most widely spoken language worldwide, with 1.5 billion speakers. As we become increasingly connected, English has assumed a position of the dominant language of global communication, notably on the internet.
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Do Tibetans use chopsticks?

Tibetan cuisine is traditionally served with bamboo chopsticks, in contrast to other Himalayan cuisines, which are eaten by hand. Mustard seeds are cultivated and feature heavily in its cuisine.
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Is Tibet part of India or China?

The Government of India, soon after India's independence in 1947, treated Tibet as a de facto independent country. However, more recently India's policy on Tibet has been mindful of Chinese sensibilities, and has recognized Tibet as a part of China.
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What do Tibetans call Tibet?

The Tibetan name for their land, Bod ( བོད་), means 'Tibet' or 'Tibetan Plateau', although it originally meant the central region around Lhasa, now known in Tibetan as Ü ( དབུས).
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