Countries
China, Nepal
Philippines
National Language
Nepal, Tibet
Philippines
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Philippines
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
China, India, Nepal
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Committee for the Standardisation of the Tibetan Language
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
Interesting Facts
- Tibetan dialects vary alot, so it's difficult for tibetans to understand each other if they are not from same area.
- Tibetan is tonal with six tones in all: short low, long low, high falling, low falling, short high, long high.
- About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
- Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
Similar To
Nepali and Bhutanese Languages
Hiligaynon Language
Derived From
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Island of Cebu