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Tibetan Language
Many students of Tibetan Buddhism in the West are inspired to learn the Tibetan language.
On this page, you will find material to get yourself started in the pursuit of Tibetan language studies.
On this page, you will find material to get yourself started in the pursuit of Tibetan language studies.
Listen to the recording below of the Tibetan alphabet as pronounced by a native Tibetan language speaker and accomplished translator, late Chojor Radha.
Listen to the audio recording:
Download pdf files with the spelling of the groups of sounds corresponding to the audio recording:
- thirty consonants
- four vows
- superscribed letter RA
- superscribed letter LA
- superscribed letter SA
- subscribed letter YA
- subscribed letter RA
- subscribed letter LA
- six revered letters
- the refuge and bodhisattva prayer
Note: The Tibetan characters are read from left to right across each row and the rows are read from top to bottom.