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Alfabeto Dzongkha

Tibetan Script

Dzongkha, the national language of Bhutan, is written in the Tibetan script. It is closely related to classical Tibetan. The script is an abugida where consonants carry an inherent 'a' vowel.

Consonants (གསལ་བྱེད་)

CarácterNombreRomanizaciónPronunciación
Kaklike 'k' in 'king'
Khakhaspirated k
Gaglike 'g' in 'go'
Nganglike 'ng' in 'sing'
Caclike 'ch' in 'church'
Chachaspirated ch
Jajlike 'j' in 'jam'
Nyanylike 'ny' in 'canyon'
Tatlike 't' in 'top'
Thathaspirated t
Dadlike 'd' in 'day'
Nanlike 'n' in 'no'
Paplike 'p' in 'park'
Phaphaspirated p
Bablike 'b' in 'ball'
Mamlike 'm' in 'moon'
Tsatslike 'ts' in 'bits'
Tshatshaspirated ts
Dzadzlike 'ds' in 'kids'
Wawlike 'w' in 'wet'
Zhazhlike 's' in 'measure'
Zazlike 'z' in 'zone'
A (aspirate)'breathy glottal
Yaylike 'y' in 'yes'
Rarrolled r
Lallike 'l' in 'love'
Shashlike 'sh' in 'shoe'
Saslike 's' in 'sun'
Hahlike 'h' in 'hat'
A (base)alike 'a' in 'father'

Vowel Marks (དབྱངས་)

CarácterNombreRomanizaciónPronunciación
ཀིKi (i)ilike 'ee' in 'see'
ཀུKu (u)ulike 'oo' in 'moon'
ཀེKe (e)elike 'a' in 'lake'
ཀོKo (o)olike 'o' in 'go'