Central Tibetan
| Central Tibetan | |
|---|---|
| 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 | Tibet, India, Nepal, China |
| Region | Ngari, Ü-Tsang, Amdo, Kham, Himachal Pradesh |
Native speakers | (1.2 million cited 1990–2014) |
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 | |
| Lhomi | |
Shingsaba is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
Central Tibetan language, also known as Dbus Tibetan, Ü Tibetan or Ü-Tsang Tibetan, is the most widely spoken Tibetic language and the basis of Standard Tibetan.
Dbus is the Wylie spelling of the name in Tibetan script, དབུས་, whereas Ü is the pronunciation of the same in Lhasa dialect, [wy˧˥˧ʔ] (or [y˧˥˧ʔ]). All of these names are frequently applied specifically to the prestige dialect of Lhasa.