Tibetan script

The Tibetan script is a way of writing that is used for different Tibetic languages like Tibetan, Dzongkha, Sikkimese, Balti, Ladakhi, and Purgi. It's also been used for some languages not from Tibet but close to its culture, like Thakali, Sanskrit and Old Turkic. The printed form is called uchen script, and the cursive form used for everyday writing is called umê script. People use this writing system in the Himalayas and Tibet.

The script is closely connected to the Tibetan identity, which includes people from areas in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, and Tibet. The Tibetan script comes from the Gupta script.

 Alphabets 
In Tibetan writing, the syllables go from left to right, and a mark called a tsek (་) separates syllables. Because many Tibetan words have only one syllable, this mark is almost like a space. They don't use spaces to separate words.

 Basic Alphabets 
The Tibetan alphabet has thirty main letters, also called "radicals," for consonants. Like in other Indic scripts, each consonant letter has a built-in vowel, which is /a/. The letter ཨ is also the starting point for adding extra vowel marks.

Even though some Tibetan dialects have tones, the language didn't have tones when they made the script. There are no special symbols for tones. But because tones came from certain features in the language, you can usually tell the tone by looking at how Tibetan words were spelled in the past.Daniels, Peter T. and William Bright. The World's Writing Systems. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996.
 Unaspiratedhigh Aspiratedmedium Voiced<br/ >low Nasallow Letter IPA Letter IPA Letter IPA Letter IPA Guttural                  Palatal                  Dental                Labial           Dental  low             ;         medium                 high         

 Vowels 
Vowel markIPAVowel markIPAVowel markIPAVowel markIPA

Extended alphabet
When the Tibetan alphabet is used to write languages like Balti, Chinese, and Sanskrit, they sometimes add or change letters from the regular Tibetan alphabet to show different sounds.
+ Letter  Used in  Romanization & IPA   Balti  qa  (/q/)   Balti  ɽa  (/ɽ/)   Balti  xa  (/χ/)   Balti  ɣa  (/ʁ/)   Chinese  fa  (/f/)   Chinese  va  (/v/)   Sanskrit  gha    Sanskrit  jha    Sanskrit  ṭa    Sanskrit  ṭha    Sanskrit  ḍa    Sanskrit  ḍha    Sanskrit  ṇa    Sanskrit  dha    Sanskrit  bha    Sanskrit  ṣa    Sanskrit  kṣa 

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