Tibetan language

Standard Tibetan
ལྷ་སའི་སྐད་ lha-sa'i skad
Native to	China (Tibet), Nepal, India
Native speakers	1.3 million  (1990 census) ca. 5 million of broader Tibetan
Language family	Sino-Tibetan (Tibeto-Burman) Tibeto-Kanauri Bodish Tibetic Central Tibetan Standard Tibetan
Early forms:	Old Tibetan Classical Tibetan Standard Tibetan
Writing system	Tibetan alphabet Tibetan Braille
Official status
Official language in	Tibet Autonomous Region
Regulated by	Committee for the Standardisation of the Tibetan Language
Language codes
ISO 639-1	bo
ISO 639-2	tib (B) bod (T)
ISO 639-3	bod

The Tibetan language is a language from the Himalayan region. It the language of the Tibetan people. It is spoken in Tibet, parts of China, northern Pakistan, Nepal and Bhutan, and Himachal Pradesh, Uttaranchal and Ladakh in India. Tibetan is an old language that has been spoken for many centuries. Tibetan has many dialects. People who speak different dialects often cannot easily communicate with each other orally. The Tibetan written language is not known by most Tibetans and is not taught in many Tibetan areas.