| Founded | August 2016 |
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Yongzin (Tibetan : ཡོངས་འཛིན, Chinese :云藏) is the first search engine of Tibetan language in the world. It went live in August 2016, at a cost of 23 million yuan ($3.6 million) [1] from a location in Gonghe County, Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province, China. [2] [3]
"Yongzin" is a Tibetan word. The first meaning is 'teacher'. The second meaning (by dividing the word into two characters) is 'to acquire comprehensively'. [3]
Yongzin is developed by the Tibetan Language Information Technology Research Center of Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. This project is started from April 2013, and it belongs to the 'Tibetan language informationization construction' project, which is a part of the 12th five-year plan for the ethnic minorities of Qinghai Province. [2] [3]
According to a testing in 2016, the search engine censored some Tibetan words, including "Free Tibet", "Dalai Lama" and even "Tibetan tea". [4]
Yongzin has eight parts: news, webpage, image, video, audio, encyclopedia, library, and know. Yongzin intends to build the biggest Tibetan digital library in the world, and develop software for Tibetan-language users. [2]
In August 2020, Yongzin released a upgraded search engine app, which adopted an AI-based Tibetan word segmentation system. Yongzin also released an input method software supporting Tibetan, Chinese and English. [5]
Tibet, or Greater Tibet, is a region in the central part of East Asia, covering much of the Tibetan Plateau and spanning about 2,500,000 km2 (970,000 sq mi). It is the homeland of the Tibetan people. Also resident on the plateau are some other ethnic groups such as the Monpa, Tamang, Qiang, Sherpa and Lhoba peoples and, since the 20th century, considerable numbers of Han Chinese and Hui settlers. Since the annexation of Tibet by the People's Republic of China in 1951, the entire plateau has been under the administration of the People's Republic of China. Tibet is divided administratively into the Tibet Autonomous Region, and parts of the Qinghai and Sichuan provinces. Tibet is also constitutionally claimed by the Republic of China as the Tibet Area since 1912. Tibet is the highest region on Earth, with an average elevation of 4,380 m (14,000 ft). Located in the Himalayas, the highest elevation in Tibet is Mount Everest, Earth's highest mountain, rising 8,848.86 m (29,032 ft) above sea level.
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Tibetan Muslims, also known as the Khache, are Tibetans who adhere to Islam. Many are descendants of Kashmiris, Ladakhis, and Nepalis who arrived in Tibet in the 14th to 17th centuries. There are approximately 5,000 Tibetan Muslims living in China, over 1,500 in India, and 300 to 400 in Nepal.
Shigatse, officially known as Xigazê, or Rikaze, is a prefecture-level city of the Tibet Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China. Its area of jurisdiction, with an area of 182,000 km2 (70,271 sq mi), corresponds to the historical Ü-Tsang region of Tibet.
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Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, also transliterated as Yüxü or Yulshul, is an autonomous prefecture of Southwestern Qinghai Province, China. Largely inhabited by Tibetans, the prefecture has an area of 188,794 square kilometres (72,894 sq mi) and its seat is located in the town of Gyêgu in Yushu County, which is the place of the old Tibetan trade mart of Jyekundo. The official source of the Yellow River lies within the prefecture. Historically, the area belongs to the cultural realm of Kham in Eastern Tibet.
Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, formerly known as Tsolho Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, is an autonomous prefecture of Northeastern Qinghai Province in Western China. The prefecture has an area of 45,895 square kilometres (17,720 sq mi) and its seat is located in Gonghe County. Its name literally means "south of (Qinghai) Lake."
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The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Tibet:
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