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Tibetan Script & Sounds (L1)

CEFR A1 · Start here. The thirty letters of Uchen, how syllables stack vertically as well as horizontally, why letters are written but not pronounced, and where Lhasa tone comes from.

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1 module 12 lessons 10 enrolled ~11h of material
Tibetan Script & Sounds (L1)

By the end

What you'll build

  • Read and write the thirty Uchen consonants and the four vowel signs
  • Decompose a stacked syllable into prefix, superscript, root, subscript, vowel and suffix
  • Explain why written letters go unpronounced in modern speech
  • Predict high or low tone from the root letter
  • Use the tsheg correctly to separate syllables
  • Read simple written Tibetan aloud and greet someone

The shape of it

How this course works

Short lessons

12 lessons across 1 module, each small enough to finish in one sitting.

Practice as you go

Every lesson ends with a small space for what you noticed — the doing is the learning.

A certificate at the end

Finish the course and earn a certificate anyone can verify with a link.

Ready when you are.

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