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.
