Tibetan is the main language of Tibet and among Tibetan communities around the world.

Contents 1 Pronunciation guide 1.1 Vowels 1.2 Consonants 1.3 Common diphthongs 2 Phrase list 2.1 Basics 2.2 Problems 2.3 Numbers 2.4 Time 2.4.1 Clock time 2.4.2 Duration 2.4.3 Days 2.4.4 Months 2.4.5 Writing time and date 2.5 Colors 2.6 Transportation 2.6.1 Bus and train 2.6.2 Directions 2.6.3 Taxi 2.7 Lodging 2.8 Money 2.9 Eating 2.10 Bars 2.11 Shopping 2.12 Driving 2.13 Authority

[edit] Pronunciation guide

Tibetan spelling and pronunciation diverged around the 11th century, and there is no widely agreed standard on how to spell phonetic Tibetan with the Latin alphabet.

[edit] Vowels

ཨ 

Like "a" in "alone" (a).

ཷ 

Like "aw" in "paw" (å).

ེ 

Like "e" in "bet" (e).

ི 

Like "i" in "in" (i).

ཱི 

Like "ee" in "seen" (í).

ོ 

Like "o" in "so" (ó).

ྲྀ 

Like "e" in "father" (ö).

ཱུ 

Like "ue" in "glue" (ú).

ུ 

Like "oo" in "soon" (ū).

ུ 

Like "ee" in "seen" but with rounded lips (ü).

ེ 

Like "ay" in "day" (ą).

[edit] Consonants

ཀ 

Like "k" in "skill" (k).

ག 

Like "g" in "garden" (g).

ང 

Like "ng" in "sing" (ng).

ཅ 

Like "ch" in "charge" (ç).

ཇ 

Like "j" in "jar" (j).

ཉ 

Like "ny" in "canyon" (ñ).

ཏ 

Like "t" in "stop" (t).

པ 

Like "p" in "spot" (p).

ཙ 

Like "ts" in "weights" (ţ).

ཛ 

Like "ds" in "adds" (ds).

ཟ 

Like "z" in "zoo" (z).

ཞ 

Like "s" in "treasure" (ž).

ར 

A throaty "r", not rolled (r).

ས 

Like "s" in "suck" (s).

ཤ 

Like "sh" in "shut" (š).

[edit] Common diphthongs

ཁ 

Like "k" in "kill" (kh).

ཆ 

Like "ch h" in "punch hard" (çh).

ཐ 

Like "t" in "time" (th).

ཕ 

Like "p" in "pit" (ph).

ཚ 

Like "ts h" in "fights hard" (ţh).

[edit] Phrase list

[edit] Basics

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Hello. 

Hello. (HEH-low)

Hello. (informal) 

Hi. (HIGH)

How are you? 

How are you? (HOW ah YOO?)

Fine, thank you. 

Fine, thank you. (FIGHN, then KYOO)

What is your name? 

What is your name? (WUT iz yer NAYM?)

My name is ______ . 

My name is ______ . (Migh NAYM iz _____ .)

Nice to meet you. 

Nice to meet you. (NIGHSS t' meet YOO)

Please. 

Please. (pleez)

Thank you. 

Thank you. (THANK yoo)

You're welcome. 

You're welcome. (yuhr WEL-kuhm)

Yes. 

Yes. (YESS)

No. 

No. (NOH)

Excuse me. (getting attention) 

Excuse me. (ehkz-KYOOZ mee)

Excuse me. (begging pardon) 

Excuse me. (ehkz-KYOOZ mee)

I'm sorry. 

I'm sorry. (IGHM SAW-ree)

Goodbye 

Goodbye. (GUHD-bigh.)

Goodbye (informal) 

Bye. (BIGH)

I can't speak name of language [well]. 

I can't speak English [well]. (IGH cant speek ING-lush [wehl])

Do you speak English? 

Do you speak English? (doo YOO speek ING-lush?)

Is there someone here who speaks English? 

Is there someone here who speaks English? (IZ thayr SUM-wun heer hoo speekz ING-lush?)

Help! 

Help! (HEHLP!)

Look out! 

Look out! (look OWT!)

Good morning. 

Good morning. (guhd MOAN-ing)

Good evening. 

Good evening. (guhd EEV-ning)

Good night. 

Good night. (guhd NIGHT)

Good night (to sleep) 

Good night. (good NIGHT)

I don't understand. 

I don't understand. (IGH doan UHN-dur-STAND)

Where is the toilet? 

Where is the toilet? (WAYR iz thuh TOY-leht?)

[edit] Problems

[edit] Numbers

[edit] Time

[edit] Clock time

[edit] Duration

[edit] Days

[edit] Months

[edit] Writing time and date

[edit] Colors

[edit] Transportation

[edit] Bus and train

[edit] Directions

[edit] Taxi

[edit] Lodging

[edit] Money

[edit] Eating

[edit] Bars

[edit] Shopping

[edit] Driving

[edit] Authority