Tibetan grammar / by H. A. Jas̈chke.

  • Jäschke, H. A. (Heinrich August), 1817-1883.
Date:
1883
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Credit: Tibetan grammar / by H. A. Jas̈chke. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Phonology. 1. The Alphabet. The Tibetan Alphabet was adapted from the Lafica (§^’<3?) form of the Indian letters by Ton- mi-sam-bho-ta y minister of king &ron-tsan- gam-po about the year 632 (s. Kopp. II, 56). The Indian letters out of which the single Tibetan characters were formed are given in the following table in their Nagari shape. surd. aspir. sonant. nasal. gutturals. . nr C* ka pv ^ Ha y ga C V wa palatals. . . Z' ^ ca <£* W ca B: *1 )a J na dentals. . . y fT ta Sf ^ fa y ^ da y *T wa labials, . . Cf V pa ^ pa 3 ba $T <R“ ?wa palatal si-1 bilants. .j tsa c6* fsa E;’ dsa wa y £a 3’ sa ev semivowels ^ ya T ra or *r /a ^qr if sa *T Tf sa y I ha ’a J&schke, Tibetan Grammar. 1