Kangba TV Champa Talk Show - The Mysteries of Tibetan script. From China in Tibetan...surprisingly youtube.com/watch?v=TyhCwโ€ฆ
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๐Ÿ‘ค๏ธŽ u/FuMunChew
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can anyone tell me about this? I believe it is a calligraphic vertical writing of Metta/ Maitri, in either Tibetan script or Sanskrit, but I cannot find enough information about it to confirm. if someone could tell me even just the language, that would be great!
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Tibetan maybe?>English. A man on the street gave my boyfriend this bracelet, but we donโ€™t know what it says. Could someone please help me confirm if this is Tibetan script and maybe translate what it says? Thank you so much in advance! reddit.com/gallery/p2joe9
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๐Ÿ‘ค๏ธŽ u/anavictoriapl
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Hello la. I was wondering why this symbol is used at the beginning of tibetan scripts. I've heard it is called gu yig (meaning 'front letter' when translated directly.) I am curious as to why it is placed in the front. Why does this signify? Thank you in advance la.
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๐Ÿ‘ค๏ธŽ u/undecisive-much
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Hello. Came across this cave with Tibetan script in the upper left in Northern California. Could someone translate it please? Thank you! ๐Ÿ™
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Why did tibetans create their own script instead of just using indian script?

I know tibetans script comes from indian script. Looks very similar but why didnt they just use the indian script. Also, did tibetans ever use the chinese scripts?

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๐Ÿ‘ค๏ธŽ u/pragawaga
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How much closely did old tibetan pronounce the letters in the spelling of tibetan words (script or wylie)?

In many ways, it seems likely to me that old tibetan did pronounce nearly all of them, as unusual as that may seem for modern Lhasa tibetan. But I met a native speaker who argues firmly against this idea and says that languages like ladakhi (who still pronounce many consonants that Lhasa tibetan doesnt) simply developed in a way that they started to pronounce those letters some day, while others stayed "original and true to old tibetan" which would essentially imply that old tibetan didn't pronounce the letters and simply added them in to distinguish homophones, but it makes no comments on why certain letters are silent and others arent, or how the silent letters affect vowel qualities (such as bod being phรถ) and tones in those tibetic langs that do not pronounce them, as opposed to those liek ladakhi who do (and dont have tones as well). Apart from this, the fact that some homophones are grammatically distinct forms of the same word (in the sense of verb tenses to be precise) and are written with distinct spelling for each form make me wonder if what the native speaker believes has any truth to it. And it doesn't help that the tibetan script was invented from brahmi, a highly phonetic script itself. Why would tibetans borrow such a script and use it completely differently from its phonetic values from the very start of writing their language?

So how was old tibetan most likely pronounced, and what were the likely phonological changes, so that I may know if there is truth to what the native speaker believes or if it is just to be taken with a grain of salt?

(The native speaker is not a linguist or a linguistics enthusiast, but a layman who seems rather well versed in his own language, even in native speaker terms)

EDIT: I take back what I said about the native speaker being well versed, he thinks tibetan doesnt have tones or pitch accent at all. Tibetan, as I understand, uses tones to actually distinguish words rarely, but every word still has a tone even if it may not necessarily help "distinguish"

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๐Ÿ‘ค๏ธŽ u/PhantomSparx09
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Iโ€™m looking for the Udana (specifically Ud 6:4, about the blind men and the elephant) in Tibetan script. Anyone know where I can find it?
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๐Ÿ‘ค๏ธŽ u/jowame
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Do most Tibetans write in uchen or ume script in daily life?

I'm learning Tibetan and pretty much everything I write is in uchen script. I can't really read ume script, but I can recognise some letters.

When writing in daily life (letters etc), do most Tibetans write in ume script or in uchen? Doing a Google Image search for 'Tibetan handwriting' shows mostly ume, but is that accurate?

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Tibetan (Perhaps Lhasa Tibetan) script seems to be misplaced on the app reddit.com/gallery/nklx6l
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๐Ÿ‘ค๏ธŽ u/moonstone7152
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Translation Help โ€” I have an old Thangka with some Tibetan script on the back. Can anyone translate this for me? Thank you!
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๐Ÿ‘ค๏ธŽ u/jwowwthunderchief
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Can anyone make a script for me that looks like this? This is /d/ and /t/ by me. I tried to make it resemble Tibetan. You can take it as your own if youโ€™d like.
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๐Ÿ‘ค๏ธŽ u/Win090949
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โ€œNever give upโ€ in Tibetan language and script

Iโ€™d like to ask if anyone could translate the phrase โ€œNever give upโ€ into Tibetan, using Tibetan script?

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๐Ÿ‘ค๏ธŽ u/get_on_my_level_son
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(Unknown>English) Some scripts I got, they came in this pouch. I'm pretty sure it's Tibetan but would anyone be able to translate? I can take better pictures for anyone who is able to translate
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๐Ÿ‘ค๏ธŽ u/fossilmaniac
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Does anyone know what flag is half white on the top and half yellow on the bottom and has foreign writing in a script that kind of resembles Tibetan?

This is really bothering me so Iโ€™m hoping someone here will recognize it. Unfortunately, I couldnโ€™t take a picture of it because it was on the back of a truck that quickly passed me.

Edit: Iโ€™ve checked every country flag, and itโ€™s not a country flag.

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๐Ÿ‘ค๏ธŽ u/thomasfranz
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"Om Mani Padme Hum" Mantra Tibetan Script Silver Scroll Locket mantrapiece.com/collectioโ€ฆ
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[Unknown>English] A painting given to my by a friend. We think it's in a Tibetan script, given the vowel markings. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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๐Ÿ‘ค๏ธŽ u/Fraughtpower02
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Book Rec [2/5] Apart from the Tibetan Book of the dead script that will take you places, one can understand how acid works and helps.
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๐Ÿ‘ค๏ธŽ u/BakedFilosofer
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Any thoughts on this draft of a tibetan inspired Abugida-esque script?
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๐Ÿ‘ค๏ธŽ u/pygmyrhino990
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Dipping into Tibetan Uchen script. Mani Mantra practice. imgur.com/BWV1dvW
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I found this and canโ€™t figure what the mantra says. The script is Tibetan and this is used to bless water. Can someone help?
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Tukal Xusina. My Orcish script inspired by Tibetan.
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"Om Mani Padhme Hum" Tibetan script (colored pencil)
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๐Ÿ‘ค๏ธŽ u/Bubbasattva
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Friend found these floating in a river; is it some kind of religious symbolism? Is that Tibetan or Bengali script? imgur.com/gallery/WedGydl
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๐Ÿ‘ค๏ธŽ u/GlovesGoneWild
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A Tibetan inspired script I created for my first conlang, Iโ€™m not satisfied with the language yet, but Iโ€™m quite happy with the script. imgur.com/gallery/N0dMf
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๐Ÿ‘ค๏ธŽ u/Rtauhn
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"Meditation" in Uchen (Tibetan) Script with blue Lotus imgur.com/fQztnqP
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๐Ÿ‘ค๏ธŽ u/paralemptor
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What script was the Sino-Tibetan language of Hmar written in before the Christian missionaries?

It's currently written in the Roman but I assume they used a different script before the Christian missionaries or whoever reached the area and spread English.

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๐Ÿ‘ค๏ธŽ u/reallytallguy_
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Why did the Indo-European languages develop primarily alphabetic scripts, while the Sino-Tibetan and other East Asian languages developed primarily logographic scripts? Is this due to the development of empires and colonization spreading similar scripts, or for another reason entirely?
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๐Ÿ‘ค๏ธŽ u/NegaNote
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[UNKNOWN >English] Is this Mongolian or Tibetan script??
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๐Ÿ‘ค๏ธŽ u/AsianAntiqueMaps
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A recent post on TIL claims that practically all alphabetic scripts, including Latin, Arabic, Tibetan, Hebrew and Korean, are ultimately descended from Egyptian Hieroglyphs. Is there any truth to this?

I am referring to this post. The main source is this wikipedia article, which in turn cites

Goldwasser, Orly (Marโ€“Apr 2010). "How the Alphabet Was Born from Hieroglyphs". Biblical Archaeology Review (Washington, DC: Biblical Archaeology Society) 36 (1). ISSN 0098-9444. Retrieved 6 Nov 2011.

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๐Ÿ‘ค๏ธŽ u/bastocrat
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Hello and blessings to you all.. I was wondering if anyone could help me with a translation from English to Tibetan script? I am looking for the words โ€˜ User Ritualsโ€™ in Tibetan characters. Help would be much appreciated. Love and thank you
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My First Attempt at Vector Graphics for my Devanagari/Tibetan Inspired Script!
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Some Tibetan(?) Script on Mongolian Sutras imgur.com/a/FJOtp
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The Tibetan Script looks much like Tengwar to me...could it have been Tolkien's inspiration for written Elvish?
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๐Ÿ‘ค๏ธŽ u/VilliHenki
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This is my new script based on gyuk-yig Tibetan. There are two ways of writing it. I prefer the first. i.reddituploads.com/ce7f5โ€ฆ
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TIL that practically all alphabetic scripts including Latin, Arabic, Phoenician, Hebrew, Tibetan, etc. were ultimately derived from Egyptian hieroglyphics via the Proto-Sinaitic script. reddit.com/r/AskHistorianโ€ฆ
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๐Ÿ‘ค๏ธŽ u/Aylul
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What is this Calligraphy brush used to write Tibetan script called?
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๐Ÿ‘ค๏ธŽ u/emustif
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Check out this Tibetan script. dorjejampel.deviantart.coโ€ฆ
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๐Ÿ‘ค๏ธŽ u/whataboutcalligraphy
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What is this symbol? Tibetan script or sanskrit?
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๐Ÿ‘ค๏ธŽ u/finnmau5
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A friend found this Tibetan script in an old tobacco tin, can anyone help translate please? imgur.com/wxHCf5q
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"fearless woman" Tibetan script 3RL i.reddituploads.com/b8227โ€ฆ
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Possible translation or transliteration help? Group I'm a part of recognizes the script, but cannot read it. Possibly a constructed language written in Tibetan, but unlikely.
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๐Ÿ‘ค๏ธŽ u/Hellenas
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What script was the Sino-Tibetan language of Hmar written in before the Christian missionaries?

It's currently written in the Roman but I assume they used a different script before the Christian missionaries or whoever reached the area and spread English.

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๐Ÿ‘ค๏ธŽ u/reallytallguy_
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