བཀྲ་ཤིས་བདེ་ལེགས!
say it: “TAH-shee DEH-lek”
Tibetan
in its own words: བོད་སྐད
- Speakers
- 6 million (estimate)
- Family
- Sino-Tibetan
- Vitality
- Safe
- Where it is spoken
- Bhutan, People's Republic of China, India, Nepal
- Script
- Tibetan
- Official language
- People's Republic of China (regional)
Fun fact
Tibetan spelling is highly conservative: it reflects the pronunciation of Old Tibetan, so many written letters are no longer pronounced.