Tibetan language widely used in Tibet: White paper

BEIJING -- The Tibetan spoken and written language is widely used in Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region, said a white paper issued Friday by the State Council Information Office.

The study and use of the Tibetan language is protected by law, according to the white paper titled "Tibet Since 1951: Liberation, Development and Prosperity."

Tibet now has 16 periodicals and 12 newspapers in the Tibetan language and has published more than 40 million copies of 7,185 Tibetan-language books, the white paper said.