Tibetan language
Tibetan (ISO 639-3 code bod) is a language of the Sino-Tibetan family spoken in Bhutan, China, India, and Nepal. It has about 6,000,000 speakers.
Tibetan dictionary: 3,007 entries on Glottosphere. Open the Tibetan dictionary
Facts
| ISO 639-3 code | bod |
|---|---|
| Glottocode | tibe1272 |
| Family | Sino-Tibetan |
| Area | Eurasia |
| Countries | Bhutan, China, India, Nepal |
| Speakers (estimate) | 6,000,000 |
Related languages
Other Sino-Tibetan languages, nearest first.
- Mandarin Chinese1,100,000,000 speakers
- Garo700,000 speakers
- Mising551,224 speakers
- Bantawa371,056 speakers
- Gurung325,000 speakers
- Limbu300,000 speakers
- Xishanba Lalo300,000 speakers
- Balti270,000 speakers
- Kaduo200,000 speakers
- Lotha Naga170,001 speakers
- Dzongkha170,000 speakers
- Choni154,000 speakers
More about Tibetan
Classification, area and countries: Glottolog (CC BY 4.0). Speaker numbers are estimates and differ between sources.