Tibetan Lhasa Dialect

About Me and My Language

Your first name	Diki
Your last name	Dopta
Preferred name(s) of your language	Tibetan
Alternative names	Bodgye
Language classification	Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Himalayish, Tibeto-Kanauri, Tibetic, Tibetan, Central
Geographic areas where spoken	Tibet Autonomous Region of China, Qinghai Province, Sichuan Province, Yunnan Province,Gansu Province, India, Nepal, Bhutan.
Approximate number of monolingual speakers	Almost 2 million.
Approximate number of fluent speakers	100,000
Other languages spoken in area/country	Chinese Mandarin, Chinese Sichuan Dialect, Chinese Qinghai Dialect, English, Hindi, Nepalese,
Do the representatives of neighboring ethnic groups learn to speak your language?	Yes.
If you answered yes to the above question, please specify	Tu ethnic in Qinghai province, some Mongolians in Qinghai province speak Tibetan.
Does you language have a widely accepted writing system?	Yes.
If you answered yes, what materials are written?	Religious text, Epic poetry, novel, poetry, school textbook, dictionary, webpage, journal, newspaper,.