In Tibet, most people can't speak English but sometimes you may need to strike up a simple conversation with the locals such as a decent greeting during your trip. Learning some simple Tibetan words and numbers before your arrival will enable you to become more confident, closer to the Tibetan people, and have a deeper understanding of the local culture.

Here are some simple Tibetan numbers:

Numbers

Tibetan Pronunciation

Tibetan Number

1

chig

༡

2

nyi

༢

3

sum

༣

4

shi

༤

5

nga

༥

6

thru'

༦

7

tun

༧

8

kyä

༨

9

ku

༩

10

chu

༡༠

11

cuci

༡༡

12

cunyi

༡༢

13

cuksum

༡༣

14

cupshi

༡༤

15

conga

༡༥

16

cutru

༡༦

17

cuptun

༡༧

18

copkya

༡༨

19

curku

༡༩

20

nyishu

༢༠