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˥˨/

Noun

སྐད་ཡིག • (skad yig)

  1. language (spoken and written)
  2. Chinese language (as a school subject)

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