Colloquial Tibetan - A Textbook of the Lhasa Dialect

Author: Tsetan ChonjorePublisher: Library of Tibetan Works & ArchivesYear: 2003Language: multilingualPages: 340ISBN/UPC (if available): 8186470301 DescriptionColloquial Tibetan is the result of the author’s experience as a Tibetan language teacher to foreign students for 18 long years. It covers a detailed grammatical analysis of the Lhasa colloquial and clarifies the similarities and differences between literary and Lhasa colloquial grammar. In a simple fashion, the author follows a contextual teaching method introducing unique forms such as the personal / impersonal perspective, the evidential categories carried by verbs and conjugations, the time-based aspect of the language etc.ContentsACKNOWLEDGEMENTAUTHOR’S INTRODUCTIONHomage to the Great Scholar Thu mi Sam BhotaOverviewText FormatKey of SymbolsKey of Linguistic termsPHONETIC INTRODUCTIONThe Tibetan Syllabic LettersPlaces and Manner of ArticulationPhonetic Qualities of the Tibetan letters according to English PhonologyPronunc