2.2 The Three Superscript Letters (མགོ་ཅན་གསུམ)

1. Ra


The ten superscript letters Ra =  and their pronunciations: Listen to the audio and practice the following.

Some of the radical letters change their tone and aspirations.

Listen to the audio file and pay attention to the sound of the highlighted letters.

རྐ། རྒ། རྔ། རྗ། རྙ། རྟ། རྡ། རྣ། རྦ། རྩ། རྨ། རྫ།

2. La ལ་


The ten super script letters La = ལ་ and their pronunciations: Listen to the audio and practice the following.

Some of the radical letters change their tone and aspirations.

Listen to the audio file and pay attention to the sound of the highlighted letters.

ལྐ། ལྒ། ལྔ། ལྕ། ལྗ། ལྟ། ལྡ། ལྤ། ལྦ། ལྷ།

3. Sa ས་


The eleven superscript letters Sa = ས་ and their pronunciations: Listen to the audio and practice the following.

Some of the radical letters change their tone and aspirations.

Listen to the audio file and pay attention to the sound of the highlighted letters.

སྐ། སྒ། སྔ། སྙ། སྟ། སྡ། སྣ། སྤ། སྦ། སྨ། སྩ།

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