Stepping off the train in Jackson Heights, Queens, on a recent Sunday, I discovered two groups doing sonic battle in a courtyard ringed with shops: a Tibetan religious service led by crimson-robed ...

Much contemporary poetry billed as experimental prioritizes literary devices over raw emotions. In A Tibetan Grammar, translated from the French by Keith Waldrop, poet Bénédicte Vilgrain undermines ...

Tibetan language dictionaries just keep getting thicker with the creation of more words to help define a changing world. "New words are being created one after another. I have to rely on Tibetan ...

With the release of the brand new Qomolangma Tibetan fonts by the China Tibetology Research Center (CTRC), the iPhone is no longer the only option for Tibetans who wish to have a smartphone that can ...

A new simplified presentation of a jawbreaking language was available last week at the Oxford University Press, Bombay branch. Tibetan Word Book is also one of the weightiest contributions to the ...

A widespread fear among Tibetans, both at home and in exile, is that their language will die out. Education reforms relegating Tibetan to secondary status in schools are one of the core grievances ...