Tibetan alphabet
Brahmic abugida writing system used to write certain Tibetic languages across the Himalayas
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Summary
Tibetan alphabet is an abugida[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of abugida entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,956 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Creator: Tonmi Sambhota[3]
- Instance of: natural writing system[4], unicase alphabet[5]
- Based on: Gupta[6], Devanagari[7], Siddhaṃ[8]
- Has use: Tibetan[9], Dzongkha[10], Sikkimese Bhutia[11], Ladakhi[12], Jirel[13], Balti[14]
- Commons category: Tibetan writing[15]
- Language of work or name: Tibetan[16], Dzongkha[17], Ladakhi[18], Sikkimese Bhutia[19], Balti[20], Sherpa[21], Jirel[22], Yolmo[23], Tshangla[24], Sanskrit[25]
- Said to be the same as: Q25674128[26]
- Has part(s): Tibetan letter[27]
- Inception: 650[28], 800[29]
- Topic's main category: Category:Tibetan script[30]
- Location of creation: Tibet Autonomous Region[31]
- Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 11[32]
- Replaces: Gupta[33]
- Script directionality: left-to-right[34]
- Name: Tibetan[35], tibétain[36]
- Unicode range: U+0F00-0FFF[37]
Why It Matters
Tibetan alphabet has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] It is known by 54 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]