Tibetic languages

The Tibetic languages (Tibetan: བོད་སྐད།) are a cluster of Tibeto-Burman languages descended from Old Tibetan, spoken across a wide area of eastern Central Asia bordering the Indian subcontinent, including the Tibetan Plateau and the Himalayas in Baltistan, Ladakh, Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh.

Classical Tibetan is a major regional literary language, particularly for its use in Buddhist literature.

See also

• Classical Tibetan, , the language that is used in traditional texts of Tibetan Buddhism
• Standard Tibetan, the most widely used spoken dialect
• Old Tibetan
• Tibetan alphabet

External links

• Tibetic languages (Wikipedia) - for more information