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Regarding the pronunciation of the single letters, as given above, it is to be born in mind, that surds ''[[:Category:ka|ka]]'', ''[[:Category:da|da]]'' + ''[[:Category:pa|pa]]'' are uttered without the least admixture of an aspiration, viz. as ''k'', ''t'', ''p'' are pronounced in the words ''skate'', ''stale'', ''spear''; the aspirates ''[[:Category:kha|kha]]'', ''[[:Category:tha|tha]]'' + ''[[:Category:pha|pha]]'' forcibly, rather harder than the same in ''Kate'', ''tale'', ''peer''; the sonants ''[[:Category:ga|ga]]'', ''[[:Category:da|da]]'' + ''[[:Category:ba|ba]]'' like ''g'', ''d'', ''b'' in ''gate'', ''dale'', ''beer''. | |||
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The same difference of hardness is to be observed in ''[[:Category:ca|ca]]'', ''[[:Category:cha|cha]]'' + ''[[:Category:ja|ja]]'' (''[[:Category:cha|cha]]'' occurs in ''church'', ''[[:Category:ca|ca]]'' the same without aspiration; ''[[:Category:ja|ja]]'' in ''judge'') and in ''[[:Category:tsa|tsa]]'', ''[[:Category:tsha|tsha]]'' + ''[[:Category:dza|dza]]''. | |||
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''[[:Category:zha|zha]]'' is the soft modificationof ''[[:Category:sha|sha]]'' or the ''s'' in ''leisure'' (French ''j'' in ''jamais'', but more palatal). | |||
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''[[:Category:nga|nga]]'' is the English ''ng'' in ''sing'', but occurs in Tibetan often in the commencement of a sylable. | |||
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''[[:Category:nya|nya]]'' is the [[Hindi]] [[character omitted]], or the initial sound in the word ''new'', which would be spelled [[nyu]]. | |||
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In the Eastern dialects of Eastern or Chinese-Tibet, however, the soft consonants ''[[:Category:ga|ga]]'', ''[[:Category:da|da]]'', ''[[:Category:ba|ba]]'', ''[[:Category:ja|ja]]'' + ''[[:Category:dza|dza]]'', when occurring as initials, ar pronounced with an asipiration, similar to the [[Hindi]] [[character omitted]], [[character omitted]], [[character omitted]] + [[character omitted]], or indeed so that they often scarcely differ from the common English ''k'', ''t'', ''p'', ''ch''; also ''[[:Category:zha|zha]]'' and ''[[:Category:za|za]]'' are more difficult to distinguish from ''[[:Category:sha|sha]]'' and ''[[:Category:sa|sa]]'' than in the Western provinces (Exceptions [[Abbreviations|s.]] && [[7. Compound Consonants#.8|7.8]]). | |||
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Latest revision as of 13:54, 26 January 2006
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Regarding the pronunciation of the single letters, as given above, it is to be born in mind, that surds ka, da + pa are uttered without the least admixture of an aspiration, viz. as k, t, p are pronounced in the words skate, stale, spear; the aspirates kha, tha + pha forcibly, rather harder than the same in Kate, tale, peer; the sonants ga, da + ba like g, d, b in gate, dale, beer.
.2
The same difference of hardness is to be observed in ca, cha + ja (cha occurs in church, ca the same without aspiration; ja in judge) and in tsa, tsha + dza.
.3
zha is the soft modificationof sha or the s in leisure (French j in jamais, but more palatal).
.4
nga is the English ng in sing, but occurs in Tibetan often in the commencement of a sylable.
.5
nya is the Hindi character omitted, or the initial sound in the word new, which would be spelled nyu.
.6
In the Eastern dialects of Eastern or Chinese-Tibet, however, the soft consonants ga, da, ba, ja + dza, when occurring as initials, ar pronounced with an asipiration, similar to the Hindi character omitted, character omitted, character omitted + character omitted, or indeed so that they often scarcely differ from the common English k, t, p, ch; also zha and za are more difficult to distinguish from sha and sa than in the Western provinces (Exceptions s. && 7.8).
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