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    Tibetan ( )   
    Tibetan is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken by about 6 million people in China
    (Tibet, Qinghai, Gansu, Sichuan and Yunnan), India, Bhutan, and Nepal. In Mongolia
    Tibetan is considered the Classical language of Buddhism and was widely taught until quite recently.

    Before 1949-50, Tibet comprised of three provinces: Amdo, now split between the Qinghai, Gansu and
    Sichuan provinces; Kham, now largely incorporated into the provinces of Sichuan, Yunnan and Qinghai,
    and U-Tsang, which, together with western Kham, is now known as the Tibet Autonomous Region, which
    was created in 1965.

    During the 7th Century AD Songstem Gampo [ ] (569-649AD), the


    33rd king of the Yarlung Dynasty of southern Tibet and the first Emperor of Tibet, sent Thonmi Sambhota,
    one of his ministers, to India to gather information on Buddhism. The minister then reputedly devised a
    script for Tibetan based on the Devanagari model and also wrote a grammar of Tibetan based on
    Sanskrit grammars.

    The new Tibetan alphabet was used to write Tibetan translations of Buddhists texts. The first Sanskrit-
    Tibetan dictionary, Mahavyutpatti, appeared in the 9th century. Wood block printing, introduced from
    China, was used in Tibet from an early date and is still used in a few monasteries.

    Tibetan literature is mainly concerned with Buddhist themes and includes works translated from Sanskrit
    and Chinese and original Tibetan works. There are also literary works about the Bon religion, a
    pre-Buddhist religion indigenous to Tibet. The most unusual genre of Tibetan literature is that of gter-ma
    ( ) or 'rediscovered' texts - reputedly the work of ancient masters which have been hidden
    in remote caves for many centuries.

    Notable features
    Type of writing system: syllabic alphabet or abugida. Each letter has an inherent vowel /a/. Other
    vowels can be indicated using a variety of diacritics which appear above or below the main letter.

    Direction of writing: left to right in horizontal lines.

    Syllables are separated by a dot.

    Consonant clusters are written with special conjunct letters.

    The Tibetan alphabet


    The form of the alphabet shown below, known as u-chen ( ) is used for printing. Cursive
    versions of the alphabet, such as the gyuk yig or 'flowing script' ( ) are used for
    informal writing.

    Consonants
    Vowels diacritics

    Conjunct consonants
    Note
    This table includes the standard consonant combinations used for native Tibetan words. It does not
    include other combinations found in common loan words or the thousands of combinations used for
    translitterating Sanskrit words in religious texts.

    Source: http://sites.google.com/site/chrisfynn2/home/tibetanscriptfonts/thetibetanwritingsystem
    /tibetanlettercombinations

    Numerals

    Punctuation and other symbols


    Downloads
    Download a Tibetan alphabet chart in Excel, Word or PDF format

    Sample text in the u-chen script ( )

    Sample text in the gyuk yig script ( )

    Translation
    All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and
    conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
    (Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)

    Sample video in Tibetan

    WIKITONGUES: Tenzin speaking Tibetan

    Tibetan script for Sanskrit


    These are the Tibetan letters used to write Sanskrit. Some of them are not used in Tibetan.
    Information about Tibetan | Phrases | Tower of Babel | Learning materials

    Links
    Information about the Tibetan language and alphabet
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_Tibetan
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibetan_script
    http://www.tibet.dk
    http://www.tibettravel.org/tibetan-language/tibetan-language-and-grammar.html

    Online Tibetan lessons


    http://aims.muohio.edu/tcpp/
    http://www.memrise.com/courses/english/tibetan/
    https://freelanguage.org/learn-tibetan
    http://www.learntibetan.net/

    Tibetan phrases
    http://library.thinkquest.org/26470/language.htm
    http://www.eclipse.co.uk/tibet/lang.html
    http://www.oocities.com/tibetanlanguage/language.html

    Tibetan dictionaries
    http://eng-tib.zanwat.org
    http://nitartha.pythonanywhere.com/search
    http://rywiki.tsadra.org/index.php/Main_Page

    Nitartha international - Tibetan software and online dictionary


    http://www.nitartha.org/home.html

    Languages and dialects of Tibet


    http://www.langues-du-tibet.net

    The Tibetan language Institute - teaches Tibetan in Hamilton, Montana, USA


    http://www.tibetanlanguage.org

    PechaMaker - a tool for creation of Tibetan Pecha


    http://www.pechamaker.com

    Tibetan calligraphy
    http://www.asianart.com/exhibitions/calligraphy
    https://www.tashimannox.com
    http://www.tibetan-calligraphy.com

    Online Tibetan language news and radio


    http://www.rfa.org/tibetan/
    http://www.tibettimes.net

    Tibetan songs
    http://www.gakyi.com/tibetansongs/

    Tibetan fonts and software


    http://www.wazu.jp/gallery/Fonts_Tibetan.html
    http://tsampa.org/tibetan/software/
    http://www.nitartha.org/downloads.html
    http://www.otani.ac.jp/cri/twrp/TLK/
    http://www.thubtenrigzin.fr/en.html

    ATTU - ANSI Tibetan to Unicode font convertor


    http://www.pechamaker.com/attu/

    Tibetan & Himalayan Digital Library (THDL)


    http://thdl.org

    Tibetan Government in Exile's Official Web Site (includes information on Tibetan language and culture):
    http://www.tibet.net

    Khagyun: Stories from the Tibetan Diaspora


    http://www.khagyun.org

    Information about Tibetan medicine, buddhism and calligraphy (in French and English)
    http://www.medecinetibet.org

    Tibet Travel Tips


    http://www.yowangdu.com/tibet_travel.html

    Some of the writing systems used to write Sanskrit


    Brāhmi, Devanāgari, Grantha, Kharoṣṭhi, Śāradā, Siddham, Thai, Tibetan, (and many more)

    Tibeto-Burman languages
    Achang, Arakanese, Balti, Bantawa, Bisu, Burmese, Dzongkha, Garo, Hajong, Hmar, Karen, Kayah Li,
    Ladakhi, Lahu, Lepcha, Limbu, Lisu, Manipuri, Marma, Mro, Naxi, Nepal Bhasa / Newari, Sikkimese,
    Sunuwar, Tibetan, Tshangla, Tujia, Yi

    Languages written with the Tibetan alphabet


    Balti, Bokar, Dzongkha (Bhutanese), Ladakhi, Sikkimese, Tibetan, Tshangla

    Syllabic alphabets / abugidas


    Ahom, Badaga, Balinese, Batak, Baybayin (Tagalog), Bengali, Bima, Blackfoot, Brahmi, Buhid, Burmese,
    Carrier, Chakma, Cham, Cree, Dehong Dai, Devanagari, Dives Akuru, Ethiopic, Evēla Akuru, Fraser, Gondi,
    Grantha, Gujarati, Gupta, Gurmukhi, Rohingya, Hanuno'o, Inuktitut, Javanese, Jenticha, Kaithi, Kannada,
    Kawi, Kerinci, Kharosthi, Khmer, Khojki, Kulitan, Lampung, Lanna, Lao, Lepcha, Limbu, Lontara/Makasar,
    Lota Ende, Malayalam, Manpuri, Modi, Mongolian Horizontal Square Script, Mro, New Tai Lue, Ojibwe,
    Odia, Pahawh Hmong, Pallava, Phags-pa, Ranjana, Redjang, Sasak, Satera Jontal, Shan, Sharda,
    Siddham, Sindhi, Sinhala, Sorang Sompeng, Sourashtra, Soyombo, Sundanese, Syloti Nagri, Tagbanwa,
    Takri, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Tibetan, Tigalari (Tulu), Tikamuli, Tocharian, Tolong Siki, Varang Kshiti

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