Standard Tibetan (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Standard Tibetan, is an official language of Tibet. Standard Tibetan is based on the speech of Lhasa, an U-Tsang dialect belonging to the Central Tibetan languages. For this reason, Standard Tibetan is often called Central Tibetan. Central Tibetan is in turn one of several branches of the Tibetan languages, the others being Khams, Amdo, and Ladakhi . Written Standard Tibetan is based on Classical Tibetan and is highly conservative.