A Tibetan-english dictionary
Editorial ROUTLEDGE
Mainland Spain
- Publisher ROUTLEDGE
- ISBN13 9780700706815
- ISBN10 070070681X
- Type Book
- Pages 671
- Published 1998
- Bookbinding Rustic
Sections
TibetanA Tibetan-english dictionary
Editorial ROUTLEDGE
Mainland Spain
Book Details
This Dictionary covers the Tibetan language as a whole, deriving its matter and principles equally from the literature and from the speech of the people. It gives a rational account of the development of the values and meanings of words in Tibetan, and distinguishes precisely the various transitions in periods of literature and varieties of dialect, illustrating each step by the use of copious illustrations and examples. It will therefore be useful to the comparative philologist as well as to the student of the Tibetan language. The book includes an introduction dealing with the Tibetan alphabet and with the pronunciation of the Tibetan language. There is also a phonetic table for comparing the different dialects, and an English-Tibetan vocabulary.