Tibetic
Let an agent explain the Tibetic languages and their classification, relay branches, features and status from linguistic sources with attribution, describe scripts and literary tradition, and distinguish Tibetic from other Bodish and Tibeto-Burman languages.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain the Tibetic languages and their classification, relay branches, features and status from linguistic sources with attribution, describe scripts and literary tradition, and distinguish Tibetic from other Bodish and Tibeto-Burman languages.
A cluster of Tibeto-Burman languages descended from Old Tibetan and spoken by about six million people across the Tibetan Plateau and the Himalayas in China, India, Nepal, Bhutan and Pakistan, including Central Tibetan and Lhasa Tibetan, Khams and Amdo in the east and north, Ladakhi and Balti in the west, Dzongkha in Bhutan, Sherpa and smaller varieties such as Tseku, Mugom-Karmarong and mDungnag; the languages share Classical Tibetan as a literary standard and the Tibetan script, but many are not mutually intelligible.
What it is for: Not applicable; a language cluster.
It can be explain classification; relay branches and features; describe scripts and literature; distinguish from related languages.
Distinguishing features
Old Tibetan descent
Shared literary standard
Low mutual intelligibility
Tibetan script
What it looks like
Not a visible object; languages written in Tibetan script.
Physical character
speakers: about 6 million - estimates
varieties: about 50 count - estimates
Tibetan script created: 7th century period
How it is recognised
Languages descended from Old Tibetan
Central, Khams, Amdo, Ladakhi-Balti, Dzongkha, Sherpa, Tseku, Mugom-Karmarong, mDungnag; Eastern and Northern groupings
Other Bodish languages such as Tamangic are related but not Tibetic; Tibeto-Burman is the wider family
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
descends from - attested from the 7th century
includes - based on Lhasa
uses - for writing
In practice
Families and kinds
Central Tibetan including Lhasa Tibetan
Eastern Tibetic including Khams
Northern Tibetic including Amdo
Western Tibetic including Ladakhi and Balti
Southern Tibetic including Dzongkha and Sherpa
small varieties such as Tseku, Mugom-Karmarong and mDungnag
Identifiers
Glottolog tibe1272 Tibetic
Standards and regulation
Language policy in China, India, Nepal and Bhutan
ISO 639 codes for individual languages
Endangered language documentation efforts
Failure modes and hazards
Treating Tibetic as a single language
Political framing of language and dialect status
Endangerment of small varieties
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What Tibetic languages are.
Attribution.
Definition
Definition and classification.
Definition
Definition.
- What are the Tibetic languages, and how are they classified into Central, Eastern, Northern, Western and Southern groups, as linguists such as Tournadre propose? definition
- Is the question about the cluster, a specific language or the wider Tibeto-Burman family? boundary
Features
Features.
Features
Features.
- What features do Tibetic languages share, and how do tone and conservative phonology vary? definition
- Which entry fits the specific language? action
Script Script and literature.
Sources.
Script
Tibetan script.
Script
Script.
- How does the Tibetan script work, and how does Classical Tibetan serve as a literary standard? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Literature
Literature.
Literature
Literature.
- What literary and religious traditions exist in Tibetic languages? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Today Languages today.
Attribution.
Status
Status and policy.
Status
Status.
- What is the status of Tibetic languages in China, India, Nepal, Bhutan and Pakistan, with positions attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral? boundary
Endangered
Endangered varieties.
Endangered
Endangered.
- Which varieties such as Tseku, Mugom-Karmarong and mDungnag are endangered, and what documentation exists? provenance
- Which entry fits language endangerment? action
Context History and study.
Context.
History
History.
History
History.
- How did Tibetic languages diversify from Old Tibetan? provenance
- Which entry fits Old Tibetan? action
Study
Study.
Study
Study.
- How are Tibetic languages studied and learned, and what resources exist? provenance
- Which entry fits Tibetan studies? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should Standard Tibetan, Ladakhi and Dzongkha be separate primary entries?
- How should linguistic sources be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming small varieties; should they be split off?