Central Tibetan | |
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Ü-Tsang | |
དབུས་སྐད་, Dbus skad / Ükä དབུས་གཙང་སྐད་, Dbus-gtsang skad / Ü-tsang kä | |
![]() The name of the language written in the Tibetan script | |
Pronunciation | [wýkɛʔ, wýʔtsáŋ kɛʔ] |
Native to | India, Nepal, China (Tibet Autonomous Region) |
Region | Tibet Autonomous Region |
Native speakers | (1.2 million cited 1990–2014)[1] |
Standard forms |
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Tibetan script | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | Variously:bod – Lhasa Tibetandre – Dolpohut – Humla, Limilhm – Lhomi (Shing Saapa)muk – Mugom (Mugu)kte – Nubriola – Walungge (Gola)loy – Lowa/Loke (Mustang)tcn – Tichurong |
Glottolog | tibe1272 Tibetansout3216 South-Western Tibetic (partial match)basu1243 Basum |
ELP | Walungge |
Dolpo[2] | |
Lhomi[3] | |
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Central Tibetan, also known as Dbus, Ü or Ü-Tsang, is the most widely spoken Tibetic language and the basis of Standard Tibetan.
Dbus and Ü are forms of the same name. Dbus is a transliteration of the name in Tibetan script, དབུས་, whereas Ü is the pronunciation of the same in Lhasa dialect, [wy˧˥˧ʔ] (or [y˧˥˧ʔ]). That is, in Tibetan, the name is spelled Dbus and pronounced Ü. All of these names are frequently applied specifically to the prestige dialect of Lhasa.