Tibetan language widely used in Tibet

Updated: May 24, 2021 Xinhua Print

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File photo taken on June 10, 2014 shows students having lunch at a primary school in Pozhang township of Shannan, Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region. [Photo/Xinhua]

BEIJING -- The Tibetan spoken and written language is widely used in Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region, said a white paper issued on May 21 by the State Council Information Office.

The study and use of the Tibetan language is protected by law, according to the white paper titled Tibet Since 1951: Liberation, Development and Prosperity.

Tibet now has 16 periodicals and 12 newspapers in the Tibetan language and has published more than 40 million copies of 7,185 Tibetan-language books, the white paper said.

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