The THL Simplified Phonetic Transcription of
Standard Tibetan
Lhasa Tibetan (), or Standard Tibetan, is the Tibetan dialect spoken by educated people of Lhasa, the capital of the Tibetan Autonomous Region of China. It is an official language of the Tibet Autonomous Region.
In the traditional "three-branc ...
(or ''THL Phonetic Transcription'' for short) is a system for the phonetic rendering of the
Tibetan language.
It was created by
David Germano and
Nicolas Tournadre and was published on 12 December 2003. It is essentially a simplified form of the Tournadre Phonetic System, which is used by Tournadre in his Tibetan-language textbooks.
THL (formerly THDL) stands for the "
Tibetan and Himalayan Library" project, which is hosted at the
University of Virginia
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.
Overview
Onsets
THL Simplified Phonetic Transcription of Standard Tibetan
– THL
Vowels
Notes
References
External links
(Tibetan & Himalayan Library)
THL Simplified Phonetic Transcription of Standard Tibetan
THL Extended Wylie Transliteration of Tibetan
Tibet
Romanization of Tibetan
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