id: "Tibt"
name: "Tibetan"
family: "Central Asian"
summary: "Tibetan (<span class=\'autonym\'>བོད</span>) is a Central Asian abugida, written left-to-right (5 million users). Used since c. 650 CE in Tibet, Bhutan, Nepal and India for the Tibetan, Dzongkha, Ladakhi and Sikkimese languages and for religious Sanskrit texts. Needs software support for complex text layout (shaping)."