Asia is the world's most linguistically diverse continent and its diversity largely conforms to
established global patterns that correlate linguistic diversity with biodiversity, latitude, and …

The vast majority of monasteries in Tibet and nearly all of the monasteries in Mongolia
belong to the Geluk school of Tibetan Buddhism, best known through its symbolic head, the …

Tibet's linguistic diversity is undergoing drastic transformations in the twenty-first century. In
this article, I begin my examination of this issue by outlining the extent of Tibet's linguistic …

The Sino-Tibetan frontier is typically portrayed as a large, complex, and diverse transitional
region between Tibetan and Chinese cultural realms. The concept of Tibetanization is often …

This article presents information regarding newly recognised non-Tibetic Tibeto-Burman
languages spoken in three counties, Dzogang, Markham, and Drag-yab, of Chamdo …

The concept of" resilience" originated in both ecology and psychology, and refers to the
propensity of a system or entity to" bounce back" from a disturbance. Recently, the concept …

China is facing a language endangerment crisis, with half of its languages decreasing in
number of speakers. This article contributes to the understanding of language …

Studies of language maintenance and revitalization have often demonstrated an apparent
paradox: even when people have positive attitudes towards a language, they may not …

Lhagang Tibetan is a dialect of Khams spoken in central Lhagang [lHa-sgang] Town, in the
area surrounding Lhagang Monastery in Kangding Municipality, Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous …

This article offers the first overview of the recent emergence of Tibetan Sign Language
(TibSL) in Lhasa, capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), China. Drawing on short …