སྐད་ཡིག

Tibetan

Etymology

སྐད (skad) +‎ ཡིག (yig). Compare Chinese 語文／语文 (yǔwén).

Pronunciation

Old Tibetan: /*skat.jik/
Lhasa: /kɛː˥˨.ji(k̚)ˀ˩˧˨/, / kɛː˥˥.ji(k̚)ˀ˥˨/

Old Tibetan:
- IPA^(key): /*skat.jik/ (reconstructed)
Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: gae^h-yig^w, gae^f-yig^h
- (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /kɛː˥˨.ji(k̚)ˀ˩˧˨/, / kɛː˥˥.ji(k̚)ˀ˥˨/

Noun

སྐད་ཡིག • (skad yig)

language (spoken and written)
Chinese language (as a school subject)

See also

སྐད་རིགས (skad rigs)

References

“སྐད་ཡིག” in The Tibetan Living Dictionary, Mandala Collections, 2021.

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