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| zhanglong Senior Member United States Joined 4929 days ago 322 posts - 427 votes  Studies: Mandarin, Cantonese | Message 9 of 62 27 June 2011 at 11:52am | IP Logged | ||
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Day 6:
I learned what up to now is the simplest character, cha, which is a horizontal bar over two equally sized circles. I tried to find Tibetan stroke order animations on the net, to no avail. Also, I find that everyone pronounces or transliterates each letter differently. I am also looking for an IPA transcription of each letter, and thus my "ten minutes" a day is simply restricted to syllable practice, while I spend a lot more time looking things up. Not having a standard text in China, I am reinventing the wheel as it were, but perhaps that's part of the fun. There are no deadlines on any of this, so I can enjoy the process rather than worry about results. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| zhanglong Senior Member United States Joined 4929 days ago 322 posts - 427 votes Studies: Mandarin, Cantonese | Message 10 of 62 27 June 2011 at 12:22pm | IP Logged | ||
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Day 7:
I practiced another easy letter: ja. It looks like a stylized latin E. I'm learning more and more about the Tibetan language. I think the resource I will use the most at this stage will be: http://www.learntibetan.net/index.htm When I run out of material there, I'll look for a text book or other supplement, but for now that will be my first step when studying this language. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Deerhound Triglot Newbie England Joined 4905 days ago 30 posts - 46 votes Speaks: English*, German, Toki Pona Studies: French, Mandarin, Esperanto, Greek, Latin, Welsh | Message 11 of 62 27 June 2011 at 4:04pm | IP Logged | ||
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What an interesting idea! I wish you luck :)
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| zhanglong Senior Member United States Joined 4929 days ago 322 posts - 427 votes Studies: Mandarin, Cantonese | Message 12 of 62 27 June 2011 at 9:03pm | IP Logged | ||
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Day 8:
Learned yet another syllable, nya. I think I should review a little bit what I've learned so far. In the space of a week, I've learned the first two rows of the Tibetan syllabary, learned that Tibetan is a tonal system of only high and low tones, discovered that the two punctuation marks used in the written language appears to be a dot to separate syllables, and a bar to separate lines. I also discovered a resource that I can use to check my progress: www.learntibetan.net This site, not only has the entire alphabet with stroke order examples and sound files, but also has a tremendous amount of reading material and example sentences. Not too bad for a week's worth of almost effortless study. The hardest part is learning when to say "no more" and stopping all studying. You get the urge to research "just one more thing" and then an hour is gone. Thanks to everyone for your encouragement! This won't be a log so much about how much I know, but how well I know the subset of Tibetan that I study. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Spanky Senior Member Canada Joined 5956 days ago 1021 posts - 1714 votes Studies: French | Message 13 of 62 28 June 2011 at 8:47am | IP Logged | ||
Cool project, have fun. I am fascinated by Tibetan characters.
The following website may be of interest to you: Cornell - Tibetan writing videos Edited by Spanky on 28 June 2011 at 4:31pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| zhanglong Senior Member United States Joined 4929 days ago 322 posts - 427 votes Studies: Mandarin, Cantonese | Message 14 of 62 28 June 2011 at 10:18am | IP Logged | ||
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Ahh, thank you. His calligraphy is beautiful...
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| Icaria909 Senior Member United States Joined 5591 days ago 201 posts - 346 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 15 of 62 29 June 2011 at 4:56am | IP Logged | ||
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This sounds interesting. I cannot wait to read more.
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| zhanglong Senior Member United States Joined 4929 days ago 322 posts - 427 votes Studies: Mandarin, Cantonese | Message 16 of 62 30 June 2011 at 2:49am | IP Logged | ||
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Day 9:
Learned another syllable today: ta, that looks like a stylized "5". At the largest bookstore in Guangzhou, a 1st-tier city in China and an economic hub, a city that knows from language minorities and is intimately aware of the government's Nothing-but-Mandarin policy, there are no books on Tibetan language. There are a few books about Cantonese. Even fewer about Shanghai language. But on several floors and amongst thousands of items, there is not one Tibetan language textbook. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMsGnrPw3bg&feature=fvst Not to get into any political issues; it's just sad to see a language begin to disappear. I've started to recite the syllables as I write them. In the quiet, it sounds almost like chanting; a ten minute refuge dedicated to language each morning. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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