Tibetan language at threat

"Language is the soul of the nation. When language is gone, the nation dies.”

Tibetan blogger, December 2010

Tibetan is not only one of the oldest languages in Asia, it is fundamental to Tibetan identity. Yet Chinese government policies are threatening its very survival. These policies are aimed at systematically wiping out the Tibetan language as part of China’s wider strategy to cement its occupation of Tibet.

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