Tibetan people

East Asian ethnic group native to Tibet
Intangible ethnic_group Q187985
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Summary

Tibetan people is an ethnic group[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of ethnic group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,453 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Religion or worldview: Tibetan Buddhism[3], Bon[4]
  • Country: People's Republic of China[5]
  • Instance of: ethnic minorities in China[6]
  • Subclass of: Sino-Tibetan peoples[7]
  • Commons category: People of Tibet[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Tibetan people[9]
  • Commons gallery: Tibetan people[10]
  • Described at URL: http://www.mar.umd.edu/assessment.asp?groupId=71005[11]
  • Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[12], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 11[13]
  • Studied by: Tibetology[14]
  • Language used: Tibetan[15], Tibetic[16]

Body

Influence

Things named for Tibetan people include Five Races Under One Union[17], a political ideology[18], founded in 1911[19] and Five Tibetan Rites[20], a literary work[21].

Why It Matters

Tibetan people has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 77 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

It is credited with the discovery of momo[24], a recipe[25]. Entities named for it include Five Races Under One Union[17], a political ideology[18], founded in 1911[19] and Five Tibetan Rites[20], a literary work[21].

FAQs

What did Tibetan people discover?

Tibetan people is credited as discoverer of momo[24].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [21] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · Bischrob · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sociomap id → SM258074
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Sociomap id: SM258074, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1789071553872"
  2. 11w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → tibetans
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: tibetans, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289970294|tibetans (#289970294)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n"
  3. 12w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Ölfus
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority id: Q297010, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
  4. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0421030-Tibetane
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0421030-Tibetane, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  5. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Studied by → Tibetology
    Language used → Tibetan, Tibetic
    Topic's main category → Category:Tibetan people
    Described by source → The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 11
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ Yso id: 24403, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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