1.2 The Reversed and the Heavy-Sound Letters
The Six Reversed Letters ལོག་པ་དྲུག
The Tibetan writing system features six reversed letters, primarily transcribing foreign words, sounds, and names of people and places.
Listen to the audio file and practice the pronunciation.
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ཊ། Ta |
ཋ། Tah |
ཌ། Da |
ཎ། Na |
ཥ ། Kha |
ཀྵ། Khya |
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Activity 1: Speaking
The Five Heavy-Sounding Letters མཐུག་པོ་ལྔ།
These letters are primarily used to write the mantras in the Tibetan language.
Listen to the audio file and practice the pronunciation.
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གྷ། Gha |
ཛྷ། Dzha |
ཌྷ། Dha |
བྷ། Bha |
དྷ། Dah |
