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THIBETAN [2 records]

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Record 1 1999-09-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Inhabitant Names and Names of Peoples
OBS

A native or resident of Tibet.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms d’habitants et noms de peuples
OBS

Habitant ou personne originaire du Tibet.

OBS

Pluriel : les Tibetains, les Tibetaines.

Spanish

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Record 2 1996-04-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psycho-, Socio- and Ethnolinguistics
DEF

A Tibetic or Bodic language belonging to the Tibeto-Burman group of the Sino-Tibetan language family; it is spoken in Tibet, Bhutan, Nepal and in parts of India. It is written in a very conservative script of Indian origin, its present form having been used since the 9th century.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psycho-, socio- et ethnolinguistique
DEF

Langue tibéto-birmane parlée au Tibet, au Bhoutan, au Sikkim, au Népal et dans le nord de l'Inde par les Tibétains. Pour l'écrire, on utilise un alphabet inspiré de l'écriture devanagari du sanskrit.

Spanish

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