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Tibetan Alphabet & Pronunciation
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Hello Tibetan learners,

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 today's lesson, you will learn how to write the different letters of the Tibetan alphabet, how to pronounce these letters whether it is through the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), or through a video with the pronunciation of the letters by a native speaker. You will also find at the end of this lesson a virtual keyboard to be able to type each special character of this language.

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Tibetan Alphabet and Pronunciation[edit | edit source]

Tibetan Alphabet[edit | edit source]

Unaspiratedhigh Aspiratedmedium Voicedlow Nasallow
Letter IPA Letter IPA Letter IPA Letter IPA
Guttural /ka/ /kʰa/ /ɡa/ /ŋa/
Palatal /tʃa/ /tʃʰa/ /dʒa/ /ɲa/
Dental /ta/ /tʰa/ /da/ /na/
Labial /pa/ /pʰa/ /ba/ /ma/
Dental /tsa/ /tsʰa/ /dza/ /wa/
low /ʒa/ /za/ /ɦa/ ⟨ʼa⟩ /ja/
medium /ra/ /la/ /ʃa/ /sa/
high /ha/

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Source: http://www2.lawrence.edu/fast/sungk/Sample-Lesson-1.pdf

Pronunciation in English[edit | edit source]

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Source: http://www2.lawrence.edu/fast/sungk/Sample-Lesson-1.pdf

Consonants[edit | edit source]

Letter Name IPA
ka /ka/
Ka /kʰa̤/
ga /ɡa/
n̰a /ŋa/
ca /tɕa/
Ca /tɕʰa̤/
ja /dʑa/
ña /ɲa/
ta /ta/
Ta /tʰa̤/
da /da/
na /na/
pa /pa/
Pa /pʰa̤/
ba /ba/
ma /ma/
tsa /tsa/
TSa /tsʰa̤/
dza /dza/
wa /wa/
ža /ʒa/
za /za/
'a /ʔ̬a/
ya /ja/
ra /ra/
la /la/
ša /ʃa/
sa /sa/
ha /ha̤/
a /a/

Vowels[edit | edit source]

Diacritic
Name a i u e o
IPA /a/ /ɪ/ /ʊ/ /ɛ/ /ɔ/

Video - Tibetan Alphabet Pronunciation by a Native Speaker[edit | edit source]

Tibetan Online Virtual Keyboard[edit | edit source]

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