Tibetan phrasebook

The Om mani padme hum mantra in Tibetan Tibetan is the main language of Tibet, and its accompanying regions and among overseas Tibetan communities around the world. Tibetan is spoken by several million people in the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR) of the Chinese People’s Republic, the Chinese provinces of Gansu, Qinghai, Sichuan and Yunnan, as well as the neighboring countries Bhutan (around 4,000 speakers), India (over 124,000 speakers), and Nepal (around 60,000 speakers). Written Tibetan is used as the religious language in the countries where Tibetan Lamaistic Buddhism is practiced (e.g. in Mongolia and parts of China proper). Tibetan communities also exist in Taiwan, Norway, Switzerland and the United States of America. Pronunciation guide Tibetan spelling and pronunciation diverged around the 11th century, and there is no widely agreed standard on how to spell phonetic Tibetan with the Latin alphabet. Vowels ཨ  Like "a" in "alone"; like "a" in "cat" (a). ཷ  Like "aw" in "paw" (å). ེ  Like "e" in "bet" (e). ི  Like "i" in "in" (i). ཱི  Like "ee" in "seen" (í). ོ  Like "o" in "so" (ó). ྲྀ  Like "e" in "father" (ö). ཱུ  Like "ue" in "glue" (ú). ུ  Like "oo" in "soon" (ū). ུ  Like "ee" in "seen" but with rounded lips (ü). ེ  Like "ay" in "day" (ą). Consonants ཀ  Like "k" in "skill" (k). ག  Like "g" in "garden" (g). ང  Like "ng" in "sing" (ng). ཅ  Like "ch" in "charge" (ç). ཇ  Like "j" in "jar" (j). ཉ  Like "ny" in "canyon" (ñ). ཏ  Like "t" in "stop" (t). པ  Like "p" in "spot" (p). ཙ  Like "ts" in "weights" (ţ). ཛ  Like "ds" in "adds" (ds). ཟ  Like "z" in "zoo" (z). ཞ  Like "s" in "treasure" (ž). ར  Must be trilled - just like Italian "r" (r). ས  Like "s" in "suck" (s). ཤ  Like "sh" in "shut" (š). Common diphthongs ཁ  Like "k" in "kill" (kh). ཆ  Like "ch h" in "punch hard" (çh). ཐ  Like "t" in "time" (th). ཕ  Like "p" in "pit" (ph). ཚ  Like "ts h" in "fights hard" (ţh). Phrase list Some phrases in this phrasebook still need to be translated. If you know anything about this language, you can help by plunging forward and translating a phrase. Basics Common signs OPEN  Kha chad CLOSED  Kha gyabpa ENTRANCE  Go xhugsa EXIT  Go Dhonsa PUSH  Bigyar gyab PULL  Than TOILET  Sangchod MEN  Pho mi WOMEN  Mo mo FORBIDDEN  Jyed machogpa Hello.  Tashi deleg () Hello. (informal)  () How are you?  Khye-rang ku-zug de-po yin-pe () Fine, thank you.  De-po yin. Thug je che. What is your name?  Khye-rang gi tshen-la ga-re zhu-gi yod? ()Or Khedrand ming Gangyin. My name is ______ .  Ngai ming ABC yin. Nice to meet you.  Khye-rang jel-ney ga-po joong () Please.  Thuk-je zig () Thank you.  Thuk-je-che () You're welcome.  ()Yin dang yin Yes.  Red No.  Ma-red Excuse me. gong-pa-ma-tsom / gong-ta I'm sorry.  Gong dag Goodbye  Chagpo nang, as in take care Shug dan ja (when other person is staying): kha-lay-pheb (when other person is going) I can't speak name of language [well].  nga pö-kay yak-po kyab gi mey Do you speak English?  khye-rang yin-ji-kay rgyab thub gi yin pe? Is there someone here who speaks English?  Dhir Engi shenyan yod Pai. Help!  Rog pa jed Look out!  Phar toe Good morning.  ngado deleg Good evening.  gondo deleg Good night.  Sim shag nang Good night I don't understand.  Nai she gyi med ha kho gi mey Where is the toilet?  Sang chod gawa yod red. Problems Numbers One Chig Two Nyi Three Sum Four Zhi Five Nga Six Dug Seven Dun Eight Gyed Nine Gu Ten Chu Twenty Nyi-shu Thirty Sum-chu Forty Zhi-chu Fifty Nga-chu One Hundred Gya tham-pa ===Time===Due tsod ====Clock time====chutsod duetsod ====Duration====ring, kab ====Days====nyin ma ====Months====dawa Writing time and date yige dipai due dang tse Colors Transportation Bus and train Directions Taxi Lodging Money Eating Bars Shopping Driving Authority This phrasebook is an outline and needs more content. It has an introduction and a template, but there is not enough information present. Please plunge forward and help it grow! Learning more Listen to tibetan numbers on WikiBabel