The Tibetan language or Standard Tibetan is a Tibetic language spoken in Tibet, a region of China. It is one of the many Han–Tibetan languages.
It has been spoken for many centuries (since at least the 6th century, possibly earlier).
Tibetan has many dialects and Standard Tibetan is one of them. People who speak different dialects often cannot easily communicate with each other orally.
The Tibetan written language is not known by most Tibetans and is not taught in many Tibetan areas.