The creator of Tibetan script is enshrined inside a Tibetan language exhibition room, June 30, 2007. The Tibetan language is the common language for the whole autonomous region. Official documents in the region are in both Tibetan and Chinese. Primary and middle schools generally use both Tibetan and Chinese languages in their education. Many Tibetan scholars and art workers write and publish their academic or artistic works in their own language. [Photo: Xinhua]

(Xinhua News Agency March 30, 2008)