
Welcome to the course
Answer key:
low - aspirated
high
low - aspirated
low
high
high
high- aspirated
low
low
Explore the third line of the Tibetan alphabet and learn four new letters, practice writing and saying them aloud, and memorize their shapes by comparing similar characters.
Explore Tibetan vowels and their tones, learn how vowel signs relate to consonants, and see why vowels are written with letters to indicate placement above or below the letter.
Answer key for the second page:
ཁུ་ ཆུ་ དེ་ ཅོ་
Review prefixes and suffixes, then prepare to move on; take a short rest and enjoy learning Tibetan.
The lecture explains the combined rule for Tibetan suffixes, showing how suffixes obey both the consonant rule and vowel changes, with examples like pa plus na.
Summarize the Tibetan post suffixes, noting that only two exist and have hardly been used for about a thousand years, and see you in the next section.
Explore Tibetan writing with superscripts, letters that appear above the main letter. Learn the three possible superscripts, subscripts, and how readings treat superscripts for reading purposes.
Learn how superscripts function as reading aids above Tibetan letters, remain silent, and may slightly change the main letter’s tone; prefixes and superscripts affect tone similarly, not the vowels.
Master the essentials of subscripts with a conclusion that highlights memorization-worthy skills, notes exceptions, and prepares you to test yourself with a text and recordings in the next section.
Whether you are a total beginner or someone looking for an easier way to learn how to read Tibetan, this course is made for you. We have tailored this course for different levels of people who do not know how to read Tibetan yet.
We will cover all you need to know to be able to read Tibetan effectively: from tones to syntactic concepts, history to modern pronunciation and more!
This course includes academic theory as well as practical and useful knowledge to let you understand the Tibetan culture better as well as proficiently read the language.
To make everyone find what they need, the contents include:
1. Introduction
2. Get the Most from This Course
3. History
4. EXERCISE: Set the Stage for Success
5. FAQ: dialects and pronunciation
Tones
1. Introduction
2. Lower aspirated
3. Lower un-aspirated
4. High un-aspirated
5. High aspirated
6. EXERCISE: recognise the tones
7. Conclusion
Consonants
1. Introduction
2. Lines 1-2
3. Lines 3-4
4. EXERCISE: Explore Your Role Models
5. Lines 5-6
6. Lines 7-8
7. EXERCISE
8. Conclusion
Vowels
1. Introduction
2. 4 vowels
3. Mark root letter
4. EXERCISE: reading
5. Conclusion
Prefixes
1. Introduction
2. 8
3. effect
4. EXERCISE: reading
5. Silent, or?
6. Conclusion
Suffixes
1. Introduction
2. 12
3. Consonant rule
4. Umlaut rule
5. Combined rules
6. EXERCISE: reading
7. Conclusion
Post-suffixes
1. Introduction
2. 2
3. EXERCISE: reading
4. Conclusion
Superscripts
1. Introduction
2. number
3. similarities?
4. EXERCISE: reading
6. Conclusion
Subscripts
1. Introduction
2. rata
3. yata
4. other
5. EXERCISE: reading
6. Conclusion
Exceptions
1. Introduction
2. ་བ་
3. དབ་
4. EXERCISE: reading
5. Conclusion
Conclusion
1.What Next?
2. Bonus Lecture: More FAQs with [Instructor’s Name]
An extra section will include how to read transliterated Sanskrit in Tibetan.