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˥˨/

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• 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)

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

See also

• སྐད་རིགས (skad rigs)

References

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