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*'''Tibetan''' is spoken mainly in '''Tibet''', and also in parts of '''India and Nepal'''. | *'''Tibetan''' is spoken mainly in '''Tibet''', and also in parts of '''India and Nepal'''. | ||
*There are 1.2 million speakers of Standard Tibetan, also known as '''Lhasa Tibetan''', the Tibetic language with the most speakers. | *There are 1.2 million speakers of Standard Tibetan, also known as '''Lhasa Tibetan''', the Tibetic language with the most speakers. | ||
In this lesson, you will learn how to write and pronounce the Tibetan alphabet. | |||
==Tibetan Alphabet== | |||
[[File:the-tibetan-alphabet.jpg]] | [[File:the-tibetan-alphabet.jpg]] | ||
__TOC__ | __TOC__ | ||
==Consonants== | ==Consonants== | ||
Revision as of 18:31, 13 September 2021
- Tibetan is spoken mainly in Tibet, and also in parts of India and Nepal.
- There are 1.2 million speakers of Standard Tibetan, also known as Lhasa Tibetan, the Tibetic language with the most speakers.
In this lesson, you will learn how to write and pronounce the Tibetan alphabet.
Tibetan Alphabet
Consonants
| Letter | Name | IPA |
|---|---|---|
| ཀ | ka | /ka/ |
| ཁ | Ka | /kʰa̤/ |
| ག | ga | /ɡa/ |
| ང | n̰a | /ŋa/ |
| ཅ | ca | /tɕa/ |
| ཆ | Ca | /tɕʰa̤/ |
| ཇ | ja | /dʑa/ |
| ཉ | ña | /ɲa/ |
| ཏ | ta | /ta/ |
| ཐ | Ta | /tʰa̤/ |
| ད | da | /da/ |
| ན | na | /na/ |
| པ | pa | /pa/ |
| ཕ | Pa | /pʰa̤/ |
| བ | ba | /ba/ |
| མ | ma | /ma/ |
| ཙ | tsa | /tsa/ |
| ཚ | TSa | /tsʰa̤/ |
| ཛ | dza | /dza/ |
| ཝ | wa | /wa/ |
| ཞ | ža | /ʒa/ |
| ཟ | za | /za/ |
| འ | 'a | /ʔ̬a/ |
| ཡ | ya | /ja/ |
| ར | ra | /ra/ |
| ལ | la | /la/ |
| ཤ | ša | /ʃa/ |
| ས | sa | /sa/ |
| ཧ | ha | /ha̤/ |
| ཨ | a | /a/ |
Vowels
| Diacritic | ◌ | ི | ུ | ེ | ོ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | a | i | u | e | o |
| IPA | /a/ | /ɪ/ | /ʊ/ | /ɛ/ | /ɔ/ |
