Tibetan

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Standard Tibetan (Tibetan: ; Wylie: Bod skad, IPA: [pk]; also written Bh k), is an official[2] language of Tibet. Standard Tibetan is based on the speech of Lhasa, an -Tsang dialect belonging to the Central Tibetan languages. For this reason, Standard Tibetan is often called Central Tibetan (Tibetan: ; Wylie: dbus skad [k]; also written k or Uke or Tibetan: ; Wylie: Dbus-gtsang skad [ts k], also written -tsang k). Central Tibetan is in turn one of several branches of the Tibetan languages, the most salient others being Khams, Amdo, and Ladakhi. The standard form of written Tibetan is based on Classical Tibetan and is highly conservative.
The Tibetan languages are spoken by approximately 6 million people. Lhasa Tibetan is spoken by approximately 150,000 exile speakers who have moved from modern-day Tibet to India and other countries. Tibetan is also spoken by groups of ethnic minorities in Tibet who have lived in close proximity to Tibetans for centuries, but nevertheless retain their own languages and cultures.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibetan_languages