Understanding the Tibetan Language & Providing Professional Tibetan Interpreters and Translators
Global Interpreting understands the importance of working in the Tibetan language. For over 10 years, Global Interpreting has worked with the Tibetan language as well as hundreds of other from around the word. We are a one stop full language service provider. Offering Over the Phone, Video Remote, Face to Face, Transcription, Document and Website Translation in 150 languages including American Sign Language (ASL) nation and worldwide.
Standard Tibetan also written Bhö kä), is an official language of Tibet. Standard Tibetan is based on the speech of Lhasa, an Ü-Tsangdialect belonging to the Central Tibetan languages. For this reason, Standard Tibetan is often called Central Tibetan. Central Tibetan is in turn one of several branches of the Tibetan languages, the most salient others being Khams, Amdo, and Ladakhi. The standard form of written Tibetan is based on Classical and is highly conservative.
In much of Tibet, primary education is conducted either primarily or entirely in the Tibetan language, and bilingual education is rarely introduced before students reach middle school. However, Chinese is the language of instruction of most Tibetan secondary schools. Students that continue on to tertiary education have the option of studying humanistic disciplines in Tibetan at a number of Minority colleges in China. This contrast with Tibetan schools in Dharamsala, India, where the Ministry of Human Resource Development curriculum requires academic subjects be taught in English beginning in middle school. Literacy and enrollment rates continue to be the main concern of the Chinese government. A large proportion of the adult population in Tibet remains illiterate, and despite compulsory education policies, many parents in rural areas are unable to send their children to school.
The most important Tibetan branch of language under threat is however the Ladakhi language of the Western Tibetan group, in the Ladakh region of India. In Leh, a slow but gradual process whereby the Tibetan vernacular is supplanted by English and Hindi and there are signs of a gradual loss of Tibetan cultural identity in the area. The similarly related Balti dialect is also in severe danger; and unlike Ladakhi has already been replaced by Urdu as the main language of Baltistan; particularly due to settlers speaking Urdu from other areas moving to that area.
Standard Tibetan also written Bhö kä), is an official language of Tibet. Standard Tibetan is based on the speech of Lhasa, an Ü-Tsangdialect belonging to the Central Tibetan languages. For this reason, Standard Tibetan is often called Central Tibetan. Central Tibetan is in turn one of several branches of the Tibetan languages, the most salient others being Khams, Amdo, and Ladakhi. The standard form of written Tibetan is based on Classical and is highly conservative.
In much of Tibet, primary education is conducted either primarily or entirely in the Tibetan language, and bilingual education is rarely introduced before students reach middle school. However, Chinese is the language of instruction of most Tibetan secondary schools. Students that continue on to tertiary education have the option of studying humanistic disciplines in Tibetan at a number of Minority colleges in China. This contrast with Tibetan schools in Dharamsala, India, where the Ministry of Human Resource Development curriculum requires academic subjects be taught in English beginning in middle school. Literacy and enrollment rates continue to be the main concern of the Chinese government. A large proportion of the adult population in Tibet remains illiterate, and despite compulsory education policies, many parents in rural areas are unable to send their children to school.
The most important Tibetan branch of language under threat is however the Ladakhi language of the Western Tibetan group, in the Ladakh region of India. In Leh, a slow but gradual process whereby the Tibetan vernacular is supplanted by English and Hindi and there are signs of a gradual loss of Tibetan cultural identity in the area. The similarly related Balti dialect is also in severe danger; and unlike Ladakhi has already been replaced by Urdu as the main language of Baltistan; particularly due to settlers speaking Urdu from other areas moving to that area.
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The Tibetan language is an important language worldwide. It is vital to understand the general nature and specific idiosyncrasies of Tibetan. For over 10 years Global Interpreting has provided outstanding Tibetan translators, over the phone, face to face and conference interpreters nation and worldwide.