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Chung Tsering
Chung Tsering teaches Tibetan at the ANU, and helped develop its digital Tibetan program. Before coming to ANU he taught Tibetan at INALCO, a languages University in Paris, and worked as an editor and researcher in the Department of Education of the Central Tibetan Administration. He has published more than ten books, including several that were translations from English into Tibetan.
Introduction to the Tibetan Language »
An eTextbook for spoken and literary Tibetan
This textbook includes twelve multi-media introductory lessons for Tibetan learners. There are sections that explain how to write and read the Tibetan alphabet, how to write and read Tibetan words, and easy colloquial and literary sentences. Each section includes a dialogue that is performed in videos and written down, written explanations of different aspects of the language, videos that demonstrate how to write, read and pronounce Tibetan, and exercises that will help solidify what you have learned. The book also includes links to online sources, including flashcards to aid vocabulary building.
Part 1 is an introduction to reading and writing Tibetan.
Part 2 builds on these skills and helps Tibetan learners develop conversational skills.
Part 3 introduces literary Tibetan by building on the commonalities between it and conversational Tibetan.
Here is everything you need to learn the world's highest language.
This textbook is used as course material in:
Tibetan 1 TIBN1002 and TIBN6002
Tibetan 2 TIBN1003 and TIBN6003
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