3 of 4. Thubten Phuntsok

3 of 4 Thubten Phuntsok discusses the role of education in maintaining Tibetan language vitality. In his lecture, he elaborates on the current infrastructural challenges for the Tibetan language and concludes with some suggestions to tackle those challenges.

Thubten Phuntsok is a prolific scholar of Tibetan Studies and Tibetan medicine, director of Tibetan Medical institute and founder of the Tibetan AIDS Prevention Association.

Part of Trace Foundation's Lecture Series "Minority Language in Today's Global Society," "Vitality & Viability of Minority Languages" brought together experts from diverse backgrounds to discuss assessment of language vitality, policies to support viability, and practices to ensure a flourishing future for minority languages, with a special focus on the Tibetan language case.

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Education

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• Thubten
• Phuntsok
• tibetan
• langugage
• vitality
• viability
• education
• mother
• tongue
• tibetology
• institute