ABSTRACT

In the traditional alphabet chart, letters are arranged, in principle, according to their place of articulation (in rows) and manner of articulation (in columns). In the last three rows, the rationale for the order becomes less apparent. That said, the order of the alphabet is of vital importance because it is the way all Tibetan dictionaries are arranged. The rest of the letters of the alphabet have the same height as It is important to make this distinction in order to prevent writing ; too similarly. The style used in all printed material, Wuchan is also the style studied in elementary schools throughout the Amdo region. When a syllable has a final consonant in spelling, known as suffix in Tibetan orthography, it may change the pronunciation of the preceding vowel. There are also cases where a single vocalic suffix is attached to the vowel of an open syllable.