Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- About the Cover Image -- 1 Introduction: Bordering Tibetan Languages. Making and Marking Languages in Transnational High Asia -- 2 Playing with Language Boundaries. Heteroglot Standard Language Ideology and Linguistic Belonging among Amdo Children -- 3 The Role of Classical Tibetan (Chöke) on the Development of Kurtöp , a Language of Bhutan -- 4 Reimagining Rongring without Tibetan Buddhist Influence -- 5 Glottonyms, Identity, and Language Recognition in the Eastern Tibetosphere -- 6 On the Yak Horns of a Dilemma. Diverging Standards in Diaspora Tibetan -- 7 Changing Identity and Linguistic Practices in Nubri. Veiled Language Endangerment in the Nepalese Tibetosphere -- 8 Borderline Dominance: Transnational Tibetan Language Politics in the Himalayas -- 9 Borders: In Conclusion -- Tibetan Language Summaries -- Index