Standard Tibetan - Registers

Registers

Like many languages, Standard Tibetan has a variety of language registers:

  • Phal-skad ("demotic language"): the vernacular speech.
  • Zhe-sa ("polite respectful speech"): the formal spoken style, particularly prominent in Lhasa.
  • Chos-skad ("religious language"): the literary style in which the scriptures and other classical works are written.

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