Linguistic Diversity on the Tibetan Plateau

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Linguistic Diversity on the Tibetan Plateau

Postby Yudron » Sun Jan 20, 2013 7:40 pm

Here's a great Video for those who are interested in spoken Tibetan:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Siyr8zxoVOA
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Re: Linguistic Diversity on the Tibetan Plateau

Postby JKhedrup » Sun Jan 20, 2013 8:01 pm

Thanks Yudron I really enjoyed that. Got a bit teary eyed at the end when it mentioned the magnitude of the problem of disappearing languages.
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Re: Linguistic Diversity on the Tibetan Plateau

Postby Yudron » Sun Jan 20, 2013 8:37 pm

JKhedrup wrote:Thanks Yudron I really enjoyed that. Got a bit teary eyed at the end when it mentioned the magnitude of the problem of disappearing languages.


It's really professionally done, eh? Unfortunately, I can't understand a word any of them say.
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Re: Linguistic Diversity on the Tibetan Plateau

Postby JKhedrup » Sun Jan 20, 2013 9:32 pm

Very nicely done.

I could understand only the Lhasa and Kham dialects, and one of the Kham dialects took real concentration!
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