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High tone, no aspiration |
Medium tone, heavy aspiration |
Low tone, semi-aspirant |
Low tone, nasal |
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GutteralsSound produced from throat |
ཀ
ga
ka
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ཁ
kha
kha
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ག
ka
ga
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ང
nga
nga
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PalatalsTongue touching hard palate |
ཅ
ja
ca
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ཆ
cha
cha
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ཇ
cha
ja
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ཉ
nya
nya
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DentalsTongue touching back of front teeth |
ཏ
da
ta
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ཐ
tha
tha
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ད
ta
da
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ན
na
na
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LabialsMade using lips |
པ
ba
pa
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ཕ
pha
pha
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བ
pa
ba
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མ
ma
ma
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First three are palatals made with tongue touching hard palate, but also making z or s sound. |
ཙ
dza
tsa
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ཚ
tsha
tsha
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ཛ
dza
dza
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ཝ
wa
wa
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First two are low tone sibilants. Last two are the short "a" and a semivowel "ya". |
ཞ
sha
zha
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ཟ
sa
za
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འ
a
'a
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ཡ
ya
ya
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First two are remaining semivowels. Last two are high tone sibilants. |
ར
ra
ra
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ལ
la
la
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ཤ
sha
sha
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ས
sa
sa
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Last letter is the prevalent "a" sound. |
ཧ
ha
ha
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ཨ
a
a
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