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  1. Sino-Tibetan languages

    More footnotes date January 2010 Infobox language family name Sino Tibetan region East Asia familycolor Sino Tibetan family One of the world s major language family language families . child1 Sinitic languages Sinitic child2 Tibeto Burman languages Tibeto Burman child3 child4 iso2 sit iso5 sit map Sino tibetan languages.png mapcaption legend tomato Sino Tibetan languages The Sino Tibetan languages ... as working hypotheses Sino Tibetan Sinitic Daic Bodic languages Bodic Burmic Bodo Garo languages ... for putting Karen languages Karen in an intermediate position Sino Tibetan Chinese Tibeto Karen ... Burman languages the Sino Tibetan languages to the exclusion of Chinese , ref les travaux de ... Miao Yao , all languages with a similar tone system to Chinese, were classified under the Sino Tibetan ... method to the Sino Tibetan languages is the morphology linguistics morphological simplicity ... and North Caucasian languages form a clade with Sino Tibetan. The Sino Caucasian hypothesis has been ... languages . Peoples and languages The most numerous of the Sino Tibetan speaking peoples are the Han .... Starostin, Sergei, and I. I. Pejrosom 1996 . A Comparative Dictionary of Five Sino Tibetan Languages Melbourne University Press . Thurgood, Graham and Randy J. LaPolla ed.s 2003 . Sino Tibetan Languages ..., 709287 bytes Language families DEFAULTSORT Sino Tibetan Languages Category Language families Category Sino Tibetan languages Category Proto languages Proto Sino Tibetan Link GA de ar ... Sino Tibetan languages sk Sinotibetsk jazyky sr fi Sinotiibetil iset kielet ... scholars had noticed parallels between Tibetan and Burmese, both languages with extensive literary ... Sino Tibetan as the title of his chapter on the group in Antoine Meillet Meillet and Marcel Cohen ... by Alfred Kroeber for the UC Berkeley Sino Tibetan Philology project, where Robert Shafer worked. Shafer quickly realized that Tai Kadai was not Sino Tibetan, but out of respect to Henri Maspero in Paris ...   more details



  1. Sino?Tibetan War

    Merge from Qinghai Tibet War date April 2011 infobox military conflict conflict Sino Tibetan War partof ... Army combatant2 flagicon Tibet Tibetan Army combatant3 commander1 flagicon ROC Chiang Kai ... soldiers of the Sichuan army strength2 Tibetan troops strength3 casualties1 casualties2 Heavy casualties ... in warfare between Tibetan troops and the army of the Hui Muslim Xining warlord Ma Bufang&dq which ended in warfare between Tibetan troops and the army of the Hui Muslim Xining warlord Ma Bufang&hl en&ei ... White Lotus Press location page 124 isbn 9744800615 pages accessdate 2011 04 09 ref The Sino Tibetan War began in 1930 when the Tibetan army under the 13th Dalai Lama invaded Xikang and Yushu ... attack on the Tibetan forces. Their armies rapidly overwhelmed and defeated the Tibetan army. Conflict The roots of the conflict lay in the disputed border between Tibetan government territory and the territory of the Republic of China 1912 1949 Republic of China , with the Tibetan government in principle ... controlled territory and in the complexities of power politics among local Tibetan dignitaries, both religious and secular. The proximate cause was that the chieftain of Beri Tibetan territory Beri , a Tibetan area beyond the Tibetan government s control, seized the properties of the incarnate lama ... took control of the area. The Dhargy monks in turn requested the aid of the Tibetan government ... 1991 publisher Foreign Languages Press location pages 352, 355 isbn 0835122662 pages 442 accessdate 2010 06 28 ref Muslim Gen. Ma Fuxiang , as head of the Mongolian and Tibetan Affairs Commission , sent ... as tight a control as possible over the entire area of Qinghai 2C keeping the Tibetan and Mongolian ... with the newly organized 9th Division Kokonor for a joint drive on the Tibetan invaders. According ... with the newly organized 9th Division Kokonor for a joint drive on the Tibetan invaders. According ... on the Tibetan invaders. According to a Sining message 2C the situation is growing critical in the Yushu ...   more details



  1. Sino-Austronesian languages

    Infobox language family name Sino Austronesian altname controversial region East Asia East and Southeast Asia familycolor Austronesian family proposed language family child1 Sino Tibetan languages Sino Tibetan child2 Tibeto Burman languages Tibeto Burman child3 Austronesian languages Austronesian child4 Tai Kadai languages Tai Kadai child5 Malayo Polynesian languages Malayo Polynesian Sino Austronesian ... the Austronesian languages to be related to the Sino Tibetan languages , and also groups the Tai ... branch. Sino Austronesian Sino Tibetan Austronesian Tibeto Burman languages Tibeto Burman Sino Tibetan languages Austronesian languages Austronesian Luilang, Pazeh language Pazeh , Saisiyat language ... 2 width 225 File Sino tibetan languages.png Distribution of Sino Tibetan languages File Taikadai en.svg ... languages Austronesian languages Sino Tibetan languages Old Chinese language Tibeto Burman languages ... presented at the 23rd International Conference on Sino Tibetan Languages and Linguistics, October .... 2005. Sino Austronesian vs. Sino Caucasian, Sino Bodic vs. Sino Tibetan, and Tibeto Burman as default ... vs. Sino Tibetan, and Tibeto Burman as default theory . Contemporary Issues in Nepalese Linguistics ... Asiatic languages Austro Asiatic Munda Mon Khmer Tibeto Burman languages Tibeto Burman Sino Bodic Sinitic ... s findings , but rejects a link to Sino Tibetan. He notes that the apparent cognates are rarely ... Reflist Sagart, Laurent 2005. Sino Tibetan Austronesian an updated and improved argument. In Laurent ... languages were related to the Sinitic languages both lexically and morphologically. Additionally, the Tai Kadai languages were placed internally within the Austronesian family as a sister branch of Malayo Polynesian languages Malayo Polynesian . He also considers the Austro Asiatic languages Austro Asiatic language family to be a likely candidate for inclusion, since if the Austric languages Austric ... in Sino Austronesian. If compared with genetic evidence, the Sino Austronesian family would ...   more details



  1. Central Tibetan languages

    on Tibetan Languages A Bibliography Category Languages of China Category Bodish languages Category ...The term Central Tibetan is sometimes restricted to the dBus language, or Central Tibetan proper See Standard Tibetan . Infobox language family name Central Tibetan altname region Tibet , Qinghai , Sichuan , Kashmir , Baltistan , Nepal , Sikkim , Bhutan familycolor Sino Tibetan fam2 Tibeto Burman languages Tibeto Burman fam3 Tibeto Kanauri languages Tibeto Kanauri fam4 Bodish languages Bodish fam5 Tibetan languages Tibetan The Central Tibetan languages are the tonal Tibetan languages varieties of Tibetan apart from Khams Tibetan language Khams . The composition of the Central Tibetan languages per Bradley 1997 , with dialect information from the Tibetan Dialects Project at the University of Bern, is Western Western Innovative Tibetan , Lahuli Spiti Dialects of Upper Ladakh and Zanskar , of the Northwest ... Central Tibetan proper Most dialects of Ngari Prefecture in western Tibet, of the northern Nepalese ... , Lhasa , etc. . The basis of Standard Tibetan . br Besides Standard Central Tibetan, Ethnologue lists a number of small Dbus languages in Nepal Dolpo language Dolpo and Tichurong language Tichurong ... in Southern Qinghai br Ethnologue does not list any of these as separate languages, but subsumes them under Standard Tibetan, unless the uncertain variety Panang language Panang ethnolink pcr on the Nagqu ..., Sikkimese Tibetan language Sikkimese in India, Sherpa language Sherpa and Jirel language Jirel in Nepal ... Laya , Lunanakha Lunana . Southern Central Tibetan is sometimes separated as a southern branch of all Tibetan languages, or even southern Bodish languages Bodish . Because many of southern varieties lie outside the political boundaries of China, they are often considered separate languages, which the other varieties of Central Tibetan are not, despite being mutually unintelligible . Bibliography ... tibet The Tibetan Dialects Project at the University of Bern http lacito.vjf.cnrs.fr colloque deserts ...   more details



  1. Tibetan

    Tibetan can refer to Of or relating to Tibet Tibetan people , an ethnic group Tibetan languages Standard Tibetan language Central Tibetan languages Tibetan script , a writing system Tibetan alphabet Tibetan name Tibetan calendar Tibetan art Music of Tibet Tibetan culture Tibetan cuisine Tibetan Spaniel dog breed Tibetan Mastiff dog breed Tibetan Buddhism Traditional Tibetan medicine disambig de Tibetisch es Tibetano it Tibetano simple Tibetan tl Tibetano ...   more details



  1. Sino

    wiktionary Sino Sino may refer to wikt Sino Sino , a prefix used to refer to China Sino Group , a property development corporation based in Hong Kong Sino Land , a subsidiary and listing company of Sino Group Sino Centre , a shopping centre in Mong Kok, Hong Kong Sino Gold , a gold mining company headquartered in Sydney Sino Caf Tacuba album Sino Caf Tacuba album , the 7th studio album by Mexican rock band Caf Tacuba Sino Tamara Todevska album Sino Tamara Todevska album , debut album by the Macedonian singer Tamara Todevska disambig es Sino ...   more details



  1. Sino-Xenic

    have accepted genetic relatedness to Sinitic languages in the Sino Japanese vocabulary Sino Japanese , Sino Korean vocabulary Sino Korean , and Sino Vietnamese vocabulary Sino Vietnamese vocabularies ... languages . ref name norman Sino Xenic is used narrowly to refer to only these three regular, large ... in non Chinese languages reflect Chinese pronunciations. Languages that have Sino Xenic pronunciations are sometimes referred to as Sino Xenic languages. While Japanese and Ryukyuan languages Ryukyuan belong to the Japonic languages Japonic family, Vietnamese belongs to Austro Asiatic languages Austro Asiatic , Zhuang languages Zhuang to Tai Kadai languages Tai Kadai , and Korean is a language isolate, all use extensive vocabulary from Chinese, in yet another Sino Tibetan language family. Within what is known as the East Asian sprachbund , various languages that are apparently genetically ... and historical influence from Chinese. Hence, when referring to the vocabularies of such languages, words can be categorized as either being native to that language, or being part of a Sino Xenic vocabulary. Sino Xenic refers to large scale borrowings of the Chinese writing system, aspects of language such as vocabulary, and culture whilst many other languages also feature vocabularies containing Chinese loanwords from smaller scale borrowings for example, Tibetan language Tibetan , Thai language Thai and Nuosu language Yi , these languages are not considered Sino Xenic as they do not utilise ...Contains Chinese text Sino Xenic or Sinoxenic refers to the pronunciations given to Chinese characters ... Society, 1953, http www.jstor.org stable 410817 review ref as Sino Xenic , and comes from wikt Sino Sino wikt xen xen wikt ic ic Chinese foreign adjective . The principle of Sino Xenic pronunciation is that when ... zh nggu r n small Sino Japanese used small ref group FN name fn 1 Native vocabulary equivalent ch goku no hito rarely used ref small Sino Korean used small ref group FN name fn ...   more details



  1. Classical Tibetan

    . See also wikibooks A Textbook of Classical Tibetan wikibooks Research on Tibetan Languages A Bibliography Standard Tibetan Bibliography Beyer, Stephen, 1992. The Classical Tibetan language . New ... Hill Tibetan language Tibet related articles Category Bodic languages Category Languages of Tibet Category Languages written in Tibetan script ...no footnotes date September 2011 Infobox language name Classical Tibetan nativename region Tibet era ? script Tibetan script familycolor Sino Tibetan fam2 Tibeto Burman languages Tibeto Burman fam3 Tibeto Kanauri languages Tibeto Kanauri fam4 Bodish languages Bodish fam5 Tibetan languages Tibetan fam6 lc1 otb ld1 Old Tibetan lc2 xct ld2 Classical Tibetan Classical Tibetan refers to the language of any text written in Tibetan language Tibetan after the Old Tibetan period and before the modern period, but in particular refers to the language of early canonical texts translated from other languages, especially Sanskrit . The phonology implied by classical Tibetan orthography is basically identical to the phonology of Old Tibetan, but the grammar varies greatly depending on period and geographic ... has nine Grammatical case case s, although traditional Tibetan grammarians discussed only eight ... the Tibetan grammarians, influenced by Sanskrit grammatical terminology, call the present lta da ... of necessity or obligation. The majority of Tibetan verbs fall into one of two categories, those ... particle kyis etc and those that express an action that does not involve an agent. Tibetan ... of transitive and intransitive, most modern writers on Tibetan grammar have adopted the terms voluntary and involuntary , based on native Tibetan descriptions. Citation needed date April 2010 Involuntary ... As with nouns, Tibetan also has a complex system of honorific and polite verbal ... Indica et Tibetica Verlag Hodge, Stephen, 2003. An introduction to classical Tibetan . Bangkok Orchid ...   more details



  1. Tibetan people

    speak the Tibetan language , which belongs to the Sino Tibetan languages and has many mutual intelligibility mutually unintelligible dialect s. The traditional, or mythological, explanation of the Tibetan ... 1,500 br flag Taiwan 1,000 br flag United Kingdom 650 br flag Australia 500 languages Tibetan language Tibetan , Nepali language Nepalese , Rgyalrongic languages Rgyalrong , Baima language bqh , Muya language mvm , Chinese languages Mandarin , Indian languages Hindi religions Predominantly Tibetan ... 1 cloth 978 0 520 24928 8 pbk . ref Language Main Tibetan languages The Tibetan language encompasses ... Tibetan people Category Tibet Other languages ar zh min nan Ch ng cho k bg bo ...Infobox ethnic group group Tibetan people br small Bo textonly small br small small image File Tibetan Notable People.PNG 300px caption small Top Milarepa Thubten Gyatso, 13th Dalai Lama Thubten ... Contains Chinese text The Tibetan people bo t w Bodpa zh c p Z ng Z are an ethnic group that is native ... and are the List of ethnic groups in China 10th largest ethnic group in the country. Significant Tibetan ... and rock ogre ss Ma Drag Sinmo. Most Tibetans practice Tibetan Buddhism , though some observe the indigenous B n and others are Tibetan Muslim Muslims . Tibetan Buddhism influences Tibetan art , drama, and architecture, while the harsh geography of Tibet has produced an adaptive culture of Tibetan ... 2010 07 31 ref The Ethnologue SIL Ethnologue in 2009 documents an additional 189,000 Tibetan language .... Ethnologue Languages of the World, Sixteenth edition. Dallas, Tex. SIL International. Online version http www.ethnologue.com . ref The Central Tibetan Administration s CTA Green Book Tibetan document ... there are over 16,000 over 1,800 in Bhutan and more than 25,000 in other parts of the world. There are Tibetan ... compare to Tibetans historically is a difficult claim. The Central Tibetan Administration CTA claims ... Tibet Autonomous Region more diminutive . Also, the Tibetan administration did not take a formal ...   more details



  1. Tibetan diaspora

    speak a Tibetan languages Tibetan language and do not feel they belong to a wider Tibetan community ...The Tibetan diaspora is a term used to refer to the communities of Tibetan people living outside Tibet . Tibetan emigration happened in two waves one in 1959 following the 14th Dalai Lama s self exile ... their children to communities in the diaspora to receive a traditional Tibetan education. In the 2009 ... 127935 Tibetans living outside Tibet Tibetan survey Article1 634405.aspx title 127935 Tibetans living outside Tibet Tibetan survey date 2010 04 12 accessdate 2010 12 17 publisher Press ... The Central Tibetan Administration CTA provides a Green Book Tibetan document Green Book a kind of Tibetan identity certificate to Tibetan refugees. Based on a CTA survey from 2009, 127,935 Tibetans ... and torture among Tibetan refugees A systematic review , BMC Int Health Hum Rights. 2005 5 7. It is estimated that more than 150,000 Tibetan refugees reside in the neighboring countries of Bhutan, Nepal ... May 2009, He said that the Tibetan refugees numbered just 150,000 ref The larger of the other communities ... first Adam last McDowell ref Failed verification date December 2010 First wave During the 1959 Tibetan ... en index.php?id 9 Central Tibetan Administration data ref The movement of refugees during ... that the presence of Tibetan refugees in neighboring countries was evidence of rights abuses ... of Tibet in the 1980s to trade and tourism , a second Tibetan wave of exile took place due ... returned to Tibet after a pilgrimage in India. Most of those staying are children to attend Tibetan ... watch?v 4g9PurojxAU ref Most new immigrants are children who are sent to Tibetan cultural ... recent Tibetan emigrants gsar byor pa newcomer and Indian born Tibetans. The more established Tibetans ... book title Immigrant Ambassadors Citizenship and Belonging in the Tibetan Diaspora author Hess, Julia ... in India Tibetan refugees Organisations The main organisation of the Tibetan diaspora is the Central ...   more details



  1. Tibetan tangka

    and mohars for Tibet and the first Tibetan tangkas File Tibetan Tangka 58.jpg thumb left Sino Tibetan silver tangka, dated 58th year of Qian Long era, obverse. Weight 5.57 g. Diameter 30 mm File Tibetan Tangka 58, reverse.jpg thumb Sino Tibetan silver tangka, dated 58th year of Qian Long era, reverse ... opened in about 1836. Sino Tibetan tangka China opened another mint in Lhasa in 1792, where the minting of the Sino Tibetan tangka took place in 1792 only pattern tangkas with inscription in Tibetan only . The Sino Tibetan tangkas, struck in 1793 bear an inscription in Chinese, which says, Qian Long Bao Tsang Tibetan money of the Qian Long period on one side and its transcription in Tibetan on the other ... 3.7 g were struck. The last Sino Tibetan issues of the 19th century are dated to the 16th year of the Dao Guang era AD 1836 . Kong par tangka File 2007 0821collectionpart30283.JPG thumb Tibetan kong par tangka, dated 13 45 AD 1791 ,reverse File Tibet.202.jpg thumb left Tibetan kong par tangka, dated 13 45 AD 1791 ,obverse The first indigenously minted Tibetan tangkas which were produced on a large ... known series of the tangka and probably also the early Sino Tibetan coins were struck in the Lhasa ...about the Tibetan currency the religious paintings Thangka The tangka Tibetan Tam or dngul Tam silver ... alongside the Tibetan srang srang , worth 10 sho. File Tibetan early Tangka.jpg thumb left Tibetan undated silver tangka 2nd half of 18th century with eight times the syllable dza in vartula script,obverse File Tibetan early Tangka, reverse.jpg thumb Tibetan undated silver tangka 2nd half ... differences to assert their local origins. In 1791, the Tibetan government opened a mint and started ... symbols of the Tibetan Buddhism, which surround a lotus in the inner circle. File Tibetan Tangka with Ranjana Script.jpg thumb left Tibetan silver tangka with Ranjana Lantsa script, dated 15 28 AD 1894 , obverse File Tibetan Tangka with Ranjana Script, reverse.jpg thumb Tibetan silver tangka with Ranjana ...   more details



  1. Tibetan Empire

    common languages Tibetan languages religion Tibetan Buddhism , B n government type Monarchy leader1 ... were to last until the Sino Tibetan treaty of 821 was inscribed in Lhasa in 823 see below . At the same ... on a mutual basis. A Sino Tibetan treaty was agreed on in 821 822 under Ralpacan, which established ...Infobox Former Country native name Bod Bo textonly conventional long name Tibetan Empire common name Tibet flag flag type image map Tibetan empire greatest extent 780s 790s CE.png image map caption Map of the Tibetan empire at its greatest extent between the 780s and the 790s CE. continent Asia region Central Asia, Tibetan Plateau country era Late Antiquity status event start Founded by Emperor ... name for the Tibetan Empire is different from Tibet s present name. This first mention of the name Bod, the usual name for Tibet in the later Tibetan historical sources, is significant in that it is used ... of the Tibetan Plateau, a part which, together with Rtsa Tsang, in Tibetan now spelled Gtsa ... Tibetan history preserves a lengthy list of rulers, whose exploits become subject to external ... introduced Buddhism . Namri Songtsen and Founding of the Dynasty The power that became the Tibetan ... district of Chonggy Phyongs rgyas . There, According to the Old Tibetan Chronicle a group convinced ..., before his assassination around 618. This new born regional state would later become known as the Tibetan ... Mang po rje Zhang shang , defeated the Sumpa people ca. 627. ref name OTA Old Tibetan Annals , hereafter ... and defeated the Tuyuhun Kingdom Tuyuhun Tibetan language Tibetan A zha , who lived around Lake Koko Nur , and who controlled important trade routes into China. After a Tibetan campaign against ... to Tibetan sources ref name powers168 9 Powers 2004, pp. 168 69 ref to provide a Chinese princess ... The Chinese Princess Wencheng Tibetan Mung chang Kung co departed China in 640 to marry Songts n ... her brother to defeat Lig myi rhya and incorporate Zhangzhung into the Tibetan Empire. In 645 ...   more details



  1. Sino Land

    Distinguish2 Sino Ocean Land , a property developer in People s Republic of China Infobox Company company name Sino Land Company Limited br company logo File SinoGroup logo.svg company type Listed ... parent divisions subsid owner company slogan homepage http www.sino.com www.sino.com Sino Land ... of Sino Group owned by Singapore Singaporean Ng Teng Fong family. ref http www.sino land.com eng main.asp?xid about intro Sino Group Profile ref It is mainly engaged in real estate development for sales and investment . ref http www.sino land.com eng default.asp?xid about business Sino Land Company ... land.com eng default.asp?xid about history Sino Land Company History ref Board members Sino Land s board ... publisher Sino Land Company Limited title Management Profile url http www.sino.com Cht main.asp ... Adrian David Li Man kiu , general manager of the Bank of East Asia In 2012 the Sino group found its long lost member Simon Russell See also Sino Group References reflist External links commonscat Sino Land Company http www.sino.com Sino Land Company Limited http www.hkexnews.hk listedco listconews sehk 20081010 LTN20081010195.pdf Sino Land Company Limited,2008 Annual Report http www.hkexnews.hk listedco listconews sehk 20071012 LTN20071012311.HTM Sino Land Company Limited,2007 Annual Report http www.hkexnews.hk listedco listconews sehk 20061016 LTN20061016067.htm Sino Land Company Limited,2006 Annual Report http www.hkexnews.hk listedco listconews sehk 20051014 LTN20051014093.htm Sino Land ... Sino Land Company Limited,2004 Annual Report http www.hkexnews.hk listedco listconews sehk 20031007 LTN20031007038.htm Sino Land Company Limited2003 Annual Report http www.hkexnews.hk listedco listconews sehk 20021011 LTN20021011069.htm Sino Land Company Limited,2002 Annual Report http www.hkexnews.hk listedco listconews sehk 20010402 LTN20010402088.htm Sino Land Company Limited,2001 Annual Report http www.hkexnews.hk listedco listconews sehk 20000323 LTN20000323063.HTM Sino Land Company ...   more details



  1. Sino-Korean

    Sino Korean is often used to mean Sino Korean vocabulary That portion of the Korean vocabulary that is of Chinese origin or makes use of morphemes of Chinese origin similar to the use of Latin Greek in English . Sino Korean is also used to refer to People s Republic of China North Korea relations People s Republic of China South Korea relations Ethnic Chinese in Korea also known as Hwagyo . Koreans in China also known as Chaoxianzu . disambig ...   more details



  1. Sino-Japanese

    Sino Japanese is often used to mean Sino Japanese vocabulary That portion of the Japanese vocabulary that is of Chinese origin or makes use of morphemes of Chinese origin similar to the use of Latin Greek in English . Kanbun A Japanese method of reading annotated Classical Chinese in translation writing with literary Chinese for Japanese readers. The on yomi or Chinese reading of kanji Chinese characters in Japanese . Sino Japanese is also used to refer to that which occurs between China and Japan, such as The First Sino Japanese War between 1894 and 1895, primarily over control of Korea . The Second Sino Japanese War between 1931 and 1945, from 1941 on as part of World War II . Sino Japanese relations . See also Sino Japanese relations 1931 1937 . Sino Japanese Journalist Exchange Agreement Chinese in Japan Japanese Chinese cuisine , the style of Chinese cuisine served by Chinese in Japan Japanese people settled in China , and or their descendants Japanese orphans in China People of mixed Chinese and Japanese descent disambig ca On yomi de On Lesung es On yomi fr On yomi it On yomi ja zh ...   more details



  1. Sino Group

    Infobox company company name Sino Group br company logo File SinoGroup logo.svg company type Privately held company genre foundation 1971 founder Ng Teng Fong location city Hong Kong location country People s Republic of China location origins key people Robert Ng , Chairman & CEO area served Hong Kong br People s Republic of China industry Property and Hotel products services revenue operating income net income num employees parent divisions subsid owner company slogan homepage http www.sino.com www.sino.com Sino Group zh t is one of the largest property companies in Hong Kong. The Group ... Tsim Sha Tsui Properties Limited Sino Land Company Limited Sino Hotels Holdings Limited Sino Group ... needed date July 2009 Sino Group has around 9,000 employees in July 2009. It also has a significant ... estate development interests in Singapore and elsewhere. History Sino Group was founded in the 1970s. Tsim Sha Tsui Properties Limited, a holding company of Sino Land Company Limited, was publicly listed in the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 1972. Sino Land Company Limited was publicly listed in the Hong ..., Sino Land Company Limited spun off its hospitality business interests to create the publicly listed Sino Hotels Holdings Limited in the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Operations Tsim Sha Tsui Properties Limited Sino Land Company Limited Sino Hotels Holdings Limited Corporate Social Responsibility Unreferenced section date February 2010 Sino Group actively involves in various voluntary services, community ... providing manpower and cash donations, Sino Group would offer free venues at its properties. Sino Group ... years since 2003. For art and culture contribution, Sino Group s Art in Hong Kong programme received ... External links Commons category Sino Group http www.sino.com Web site of Sino Group Category Companies ... Sino Group Category Privately held companies of the People s Republic of China Category Companies listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange de Sino Land zh ...   more details



  1. Sino-Vietnamese

    Sino Vietnamese is often used to mean Sino Vietnamese vocabulary That portion of the Vietnamese vocabulary that is of Chinese origin or makes use of morphemes of Chinese origin similar to the use of Latin Greek in English . Sino Vietnamese is also used to refer to The ethnic group or Hoa See also Chinese Vietnamese people in Ho Chi Minh City Ng i , rural dwelling Chinese speakers, counted separately from the Hoa San Diu , the so called Mountain Chinese , who speak an archaic dialect of Cantonese Gin people , one of the 55 officially recognised ethnic minorities of the People s Republic of China Vietnamese people in Hong Kong The Sino Vietnamese War of 1979 disambig ...   more details



  1. Tibetan American

    Infobox Ethnic group group Tibetan American image caption poptime 9,000 Tibet Office estimate, 2008 ref ... Jersey , New York , Virginia , Maryland , langs Tibetan language Tibetan , Standard Chinese Chinese , American English English rels Buddhism related Tibetan people Tibetan s, Bhutanese , Asian American s The history of Tibetan Americans in the United States is relatively short, as the United States had limited contact or involvement with Tibet before World War II expanded to the Pacific . Tibetan ... Bhuchung K. Tsering, http tibetreport.wordpress.com 2009 01 03 enter the tibetan americans Enter the Tibetan Americans Tibetan Americans establish a presence in the United States . Tibet Foundation Newsletter, February 2001. ref Section 134 of the Immigration Act of 1990 gave a boost to the Tibetan .... ref name macpherson ref name tsering Chain migration followed, and by 1998 the Tibetan American population had grown to around 5,500, according to a census conducted by Central Tibetan Administration CTA . The 2000 United States Census counted 5,147 US residents who reported Tibetan ancestry. ref name ... of the Tibetan Diaspora Part I , by Seonaigh MacPherson University of British Columbia , Anne Sophie ... informally estimated the Tibetan population in the USA at around 9,000. ref name macpherson The migration ... Austin, Texas and Charlottesville, Virginia . Tibetan Americans who are born in Tibet or elsewhere ... Press year 2008 pages 77 78 ref Northeast Expand section date June 2008 Communities of Tibetan ... controversy, and has very few followers among Tibetan Americans outside Vermont. Great Lakes region File Bloomington TibetanCC Stupa 9107.jpg thumb On the grounds of Tibetan Mongolian Buddhist Cultural Center, Bloomington, Indiana Expand section date June 2008 Communities of Tibetan Americans in the Great ... and Michigan . There is a Tibetan Mongol Buddhist Cultural Center in Bloomington, Indiana near the campus of Indiana University . ref http tibetancc.com info index.asp Tibetan Mongol Buddhist Cultural ...   more details



  1. Tibetan literature

    Image BonpoBook.jpg right A B n text Tibetan literature generally refers to literature written in the Tibetan language . Historically, Tibetan has served as a trans regional literary language that accompanied the spread of Tibetan Buddhism to peoples from Tibet to Mongolia, Russia, and China all the way to present day Bhutan, Nepal, India, and Pakistan. Today, the term Tibetan literature can also be applied to any work by an ethnic Tibetan person contemporary Tibetan writers sometimes use Chinese language Chinese , English language English , or other languages to compose their work. Historical The Tibetan script was developed from an Indic script in the 7th century during the Tibetan Imperial period. Literature in the Tibetan language received its first impetus in the 8th century with the establishment ... s, the Tibetan versions of some works are the only extant ones. Around 950, a secret library was created ... that we possess many of the oldest versions of some Tibetan, Chinese and Uighur texts. Throughout ... of Tibetan works are strongly marked by Buddhist thought they are mostly religious, historical, and biographical .... Particularly well known in the West are the Bardo Thodol Tibetan Book of the Dead , translated into English ..., medicine, astrology, literature and so on. Translation from Sanskrit to Tibetan mainly. So how does the situation of literary translation? Translated into Tibetan Buddhist classics, in addition ... vine is a very beautiful poetry, which later became the model for the Tibetan poets reading. Not only ..., Xing means than the use of literature are no doubt add a lot of color. So, Tibetan literature and culture of Tibetan Buddhism has very close ties. The early Tibetan history books, Pakistan Association ... of Buddhist scriptures in Tibetan literature for the development of inadvertently creating good ... male teacher translated into Tibetan, was made to help teachers carefully collated translation, as a textbook for teaching, since poetry Mirror has become the top scholar of Tibetan monks to learn ...   more details



  1. Tibetan Uprising

    Tibetan Uprising may refer to The 1959 Tibetan uprising The 2008 Tibetan unrest Tibetan Uprising Day , observed on March 10. Disambig sv Tibetanska upproret ...   more details



  1. Tibetan Bells

    Tibetan Bells may refer to Tingsha , traditional Tibetan cymbal bells Shang , a Tibetan hand bell Tibetan Bells album , a 1971 album by Henry Wolff and Nancy Hennings Singing bowl disambig ...   more details



  1. Sino Plaza

    Infobox building name Sino Plaza image caption location Nos. 255 257 Gloucester Road, Hong Kong Gloucester Road , Causeway Bay , Hong Kong latd 22.28137 longd 114.18223 iso region coordinates display title status start date completion date 1992 opening 1992 building type Office antenna spire roof convert 185 m ft abbr on top floor floor count 38 elevator count 7 cost floor area convert 32564 m2 sqft 2 abbr on architect Ho & Partners Architects structural engineer main contractor developer Sino Land Company Limited owner management Sino Group references ref name SKY cite web url http skyscraperpage.com cities ?buildingID 7885 title Sino Plaza accessdate 2008 07 15 publisher SkyscraperPage.com ref ref name EMP cite web url http www.emporis.com en wm bu ?id sinoplaza hongkong china title Sino Plaza accessdate 2008 07 15 publisher Emporis.com ref commonscat Sino Plaza is a skyscraper located in the Causeway Bay district of Hong Kong . The tower rises 38 Storey floors and convert 185 m ft 0 in height. ref name EMP The building was completed in 1992. ref name SKY It was designed by architectural firm Ho & Partners Architects , and was developed by Sino Land Company Limited . ref name EMP Sino Plaza, which stands as the 85th tallest building in Hong Kong, is composed entirely of commercial office space. ref name SKY It has a total floor area of convert 32564 m2 sqft 2 . ref name SKY See also List of tallest buildings in Hong Kong References reflist Hong Kong Skyscrapers HongKong struct stub Category Skyscrapers in Hong Kong Category Skyscrapers between 150 and 199 meters Category Buildings and structures completed in 1992 Category Office buildings in Hong Kong zh ...   more details



  1. Tibetan Annals

    Image Pelliotcave2.jpg right thumb Paul Pelliot examines manuscripts in Mogao Caves cave 17 Tibetan Buddhism The Tibetan Annals , or Old Tibetan Annals OTA , are composed of two manuscripts written in Tibetan language Old Tibetan language found in the early 20th century in the hidden library , the Mogao Grottoes near Dunhuang , which is believed to have been sealed in the 11th century CE. They form Tibet s earliest extant history. ref Dotson 2009 , p. 9. ref Discovery An enormous number of early manuscripts in a variety of languages were collected by A. Stein and P. Pelliot at the famous sealed up Library Cave no. 17 of the Mogao Grottoes and sent back to London and Paris respectively. Among these Dunhuang manuscripts , The Tibetan Annals or Tibet s First History were found along with the Old Tibetan Chronicle , which was probably compiled between 800 840 CE. ref Forward by Per S rensen in Dotson 2009 , p. 1. ref The manuscript designated IDP IOL Tib J 750 in the British Library in London and IDP Pelliot tib tain 1288 in the Biblioth que Nationale in Paris are originally from the same original roll, 4.34 metres long and 0.258 metres wide. ref Bacot, Thomas and Toussaint. 1940 1946 , pp ... of Songtsan Gampo , the first Tibetan Emperor. From the time the Chinese Princess Wencheng arrived in 643 ... a dated, year by year pr cis of important events from 650 to 764 CE. For example, in 763 CE, Tibetan ... or two other minor fragments have survived. ref Dotson 2009 , pp. 12 13, 136 137. ref The Tibetan cyclic ... and dating events mentioned in later Tibetan and Chinese historical records. ref Choephel .... Choephel, Gedun. 1978 . The White Annals . Library of Tibetan Works & Archives Dharamsala, H.P., India. Dotson 2009 . Brandon Dotson. The Old Tibetan Annals An Annotated Translation of Tibet s First ... links http otdo.aa.tufs.ac.jp archives.cgi Free access to the original Tibetan texts online http .... By Amy Heller, Jan 21, 2007. Category Tibet Category History of Tibet Category Tibetan literature Category ...   more details



  1. Tibetan alphabet

    External links date October 2011 Infobox writing system name Tibetan type Abugida time c. 650 present languages Tibetan language Tibetan br Dzongkha language Dzongkha br Ladakhi language Ladakhi br Sikkimese ..., losing complex consonant cluster s. As a result, in all modern Tibetan dialects, in particular in the Standard Tibetan of Lhasa , there is a great divergence between spelling which reflects the 9th century Contradict inline about Tibetan languages Historical phonology date April 2012 spoken Tibetan ... selection for Tibetan related languages in multiscriptal environments. International Journal of the Sociology ... U 0FFF iso15924 Tibt Contains Tibetan text The Tibetan alphabet is an abugida of Brahmic family Indic origin used to write the Tibetan language as well as the Dzongkha language , Sikkimese language Denzongkha ... uchen script bo w dbu can t font face Jomolhari, Tibetan Machine Uni font lang yes with a head ... face Jomolhari, Tibetan Machine Uni font lang yes headless . The alphabet is very closely linked to a broad ethnic Tibetan identity. Besides Tibet, it has also been used for Tibetan languages in Bhutan , India , Nepal , and Pakistan . ref Chamberlain 2008 ref The Tibetan alphabet is ancestral ... pa script . ref name daniels The Tibetan alphabet is romanization romanized in a variety of ways ... employs the Tibetan transliteration Wylie Wylie transliteration system. Alphabet History The creation of the Tibetan alphabet is attributed to Thonmi Sambhota of the mid 7th century. Tradition ... the Tibetan alphabet remains controversial. Recent study suggests Tibetan script was based on an adaption ..., Alexander. A Survey of Tibetan History Reading notes taken by Alexander Berzin from Tsepon, W. D. Shakabpa ... web en archives e books unpublished manuscripts survey tibetan history chapter 1.html . ref Three ... Tibetan as it is pronounced , for example, writing Kagyu instead of Bka rgyud . In contrast, the pronunciation of the Balti language Balti , Ladakhi language Ladakhi and Burig languages adheres ...   more details



  1. Khams Tibetan language

    Distinguish Kham language Refimprove date November 2009 Infobox language name Khams Tibetan region China , Bhutan speakers 1.5 million date 1994 ethnicity familycolor Sino Tibetan fam2 Tibeto Burman languages Tibeto Burman fam3 Tibeto Kanauri languages Tibeto Kanauri fam4 Bodish languages Bodish fam5 Tibetan languages Tibetan script Tibetan script iso3 khg notice IPA Khams Tibetan bo t w Khams skad l k m k also called Kham k is the Tibetan languages Tibetan language used by the majority ... , Yunnan . It is one of the four main spoken languages of Tibetan, the other three being those of Central Tibetan languages U Tsang k , Amdo Tibetan language Amdo am k and Ladakhi language Western Tibetan t k . All four Tibetan language groups share the same written script, but their pronunciations ... isolation of the regions of Tibet. Khams Tibetan is used alongside Central Tibetan languages Central Tibetan and Amdo Tibetan language Amdo Tibetan in broadcasting, but shares the classical Tibetan orthography with them. Khams Tibetan is, however, not intelligible with Amdo Tibetan language Amdo , Central Tibetan languages Central Tibetan , or Ladakhi language Ladakhi . Like Central Tibetan, it is a tonal language. Citation needed date November 2009 Khampa Tibetan is also spoken by about .... Northeastern Kham spoken in Nangchen and Yushu S. Qinghai areas. See also Tibetan languages Standard Tibetan Amdo Tibetan language Ladakhi language Balti dialect Languages of Bhutan References reflist External links http en.wikibooks.org wiki Research on Tibetan Languages A Bibliography A Bibliography ... www.zangthal.co.uk Kham dialect notes wikibooks Research on Tibetan Languages A Bibliography Tibetan ... Languages of Tibet Category Tibet Category Languages of China Category Languages written in Tibetan ... Tibetan is not closely related to the Kham language spoken by the Kham Magars of western Nepal . Dialects ... dialect groups of Khams Tibetan, with low mutual intelligibility, and Ethnologue says they may be separate ...   more details




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