when tibetan became a written language

  • 1Tibetan literature —       body of largely religious and occult writings that has developed since the 7th century, when Tibetan became a written language. Until the 13th century most Tibetan literary works were skillfully methodical translations from Sanskrit of… …

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  • 2Tibetan language — Infobox Language name=Tibetan nativename=བོད་སྐད་ bod skad familycolor=Sino Tibetan states=China, India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan region=Tibet, Kashmir, Baltistan speakers=6,150,000Fact|date=September 2008 fam1=Sino Tibetan fam2=Tibeto Burman fam3 …

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  • 3language — /lang gwij/, n. 1. a body of words and the systems for their use common to a people who are of the same community or nation, the same geographical area, or the same cultural tradition: the two languages of Belgium; a Bantu language; the French… …

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  • 4Tibetan Buddhism — [An alternative term, lamaism , apparently derives from Chinese lama jiao and was used to distinguish Tibetan Buddhism from Han Chinese Buddhism, fo jiao . The term was taken up by western scholars including Hegel, as early as 1822. (cite book… …

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  • 5Tibetan sovereignty debate — The Tibetan sovereignty debate refers to two political debates. The first is whether the various territories within the People s Republic of China that are claimed as political Tibet should separate and become a new sovereign state. Many of the… …

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  • 6Chinese language — Unless otherwise specified, Chinese texts in this article are written in (Simplified Chinese/Traditional Chinese; Pinyin) format. In cases where Simplified and Traditional Chinese scripts are identical, the Chinese term is written once. Chinese… …

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  • 7Hungarian language — Hungarian magyar Pronunciation [ˈmɒɟɒr] Spoken in …

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  • 8Mongolian language — Mongolian Монгол Mongol, ᠮᠣᠨᠭᠭᠣᠯ Mongɣol Pronunciation /mɔŋɢ …

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  • 9Klingon language — For other uses, see Klingon language (disambiguation). Klingon   (tlhIngan Hol) Pronunciation /ˈt͡ɬɪŋɑn xol/ Created by Marc Okrand …

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  • 10Vietnamese language — Vietnamese Tiếng Việt Pronunciation [tiə̌ŋ viə̀ˀt] (Northern) [tiə̌n jiə̀k] (Southern) Spoken in …

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