Language code: tib
Technical information about ISO 639 language code tib
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The table below provides technical details for the Tibetan language, designated by the tib code from the ISO 639-2 standard.
| Code |
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| Standard | |
| Name | Official Tibetan Native བོད་ཡིག |
| Text direction | Left-to-Right |
| Language varieties | Central (Ü-Tsang)KhamsAmdo |
| Related languages | DzongkhaSikkimeseSherpaLadakhiBalti |
| Key facts | Tibetan is written with an abugida script ultimately derived from BrahmiThe orthography preserves 7th-century phonology, so spelling and pronunciation often divergeCentral and Khams varieties are tonal, while Amdo is generally non-tonal and keeps original consonant clustersSentences follow a Subject–Object–Verb order with postpositions instead of prepositionsVerbal morphology relies on auxiliary particles rather than changes to the verb stem. |
| Sample phrase | བཀྲ་ཤིས་བདེ་ལེགས། ཁྱེད་རང་བདེ་པོ་ཡོད་པས། |
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The Tibetan language, identified by the code tib, falls under the 'Individual' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Living' by its type.
The ISO 639-2 standard offers two codes for the Tibetan language: tib for bibliographic purposes and bod for terminology uses.
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