It's interesting to me that they seem to be speaking with a particular rhythm that makes it seem almost musical. I'd be interested to know if that is just a reading cadence, or if that rhythmic quality carries over into regular speech.
It's poetic rhyme. Regular speech doesn't sound as rhythmic. It's just like English iambic pentameter, when you do the Sonnets, for example. The Biblical passages were translated in meter in Tibetan. Hence the sound. It's pretty much the same poetic meter as Chinese poetry. Not surprised given both are Sino-Tibetans.
The texts are slightly different. It is possible to have exactly the same texts and have the readers read them out. But there would be lexical differences that will make the other speakers which the text are not based on make no sense out of what they read.
Tibetan script is a sister script of most South Asian scripts and Many of Southeast Asia from the Brahmic family. For the numerals I could read like upto 5-6 of them without any issue. They were completely similar to numerals in Devanagari script.
Theres is more than one script in tibetan…..only the dbucan is looks a little bit similar to brahmi……if u look at cyugyig or other scripts,theres is not even remotely similarities
@@WaMo721 I myself am a ᤕᤰᤌᤢᤶᤐᤠ / Yakthumpa; And it's clear that we took inspiration from Lepcha script, which was inspired by Sambhota script; All of these use an abugida system where there are consonant sounds & then a vowel marker. All of them are indeed taken from Dhamma lipi / Brahmi script used in ancient India; And still used by the Mangar people. They all have the same Ka, Kha, Ga, Gha, Nga structure & vowel structure.
@@lepmuhangpa ok then origin of abugida and origin of tibetan script is a different thing….origin of tibetan script is in lhasa,tibet…..origin of abugida system is in india ….don’t mix the two
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@@LhawangPoSherpa 😂 Lol; Nah fr, though: Amdo language seems to read the language as it's written in script. The only other time I've seen Tibetan script being pronounced all vowels & consonants is in the Tamang language: But, they don't use the old spellings.
@@lepmuhangpaAmdo tends to retain the initial consonants, even the consonant clusters. But its not so conservative at the endings. Consonantal -s were lost. And in many dialects, -l, -b, -r and sometimes even -g are rarely pronounced, leading it to nearly open voweled syllables.
they sound like just different dialects rather than different languages. is it because the text they read out was made from one base text and they just happened to choose the cognates so they sound almost the same?
yes , they are reading the same text , written tibetan is very old . It hasn't been updated or changed since 7th century . So written tibetan and spoken tibetan are very different . Thats why many tibetans prefers writting in english .
@@moomullermoothomas6336 has anyone thought of updating and writing the modern spoken tibetan? or at least choose some modern standards of each dialect or language, or represent them in writing via IPA
@@superbhandle Ah, yes; Of course, mainlanders of Tibet obviously communicate with each other much more. Ngari are very interesting people, not talked about nearly as much.
It sounds like old Chinese & well, Old Tibetan obviously: Or any ancient language like modern Slavic languages which retain a lot of sounds in one word.
There are pure-blood Mongols in Amdo who have been completely immersed by Tibetan culture. They're indistinguishable without a DNA test. Even if you go to mainland Mongolia; They follow Tibetan Buddhism & hear prayer chants in Tibetan, with writings all over even if they don't speak a lick of Tibetan.
It's interesting to me that they seem to be speaking with a particular rhythm that makes it seem almost musical. I'd be interested to know if that is just a reading cadence, or if that rhythmic quality carries over into regular speech.
They are reading samples from verses, which always prompts a particular cadence.
they are chanting prayers. that's why
It's poetic rhyme. Regular speech doesn't sound as rhythmic. It's just like English iambic pentameter, when you do the Sonnets, for example. The Biblical passages were translated in meter in Tibetan. Hence the sound. It's pretty much the same poetic meter as Chinese poetry. Not surprised given both are Sino-Tibetans.
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So in numeral Lhasa and khams is similar but Amdo is bit different while in text Lhasa is different but Amdo and khams is similar ?
The texts are slightly different. It is possible to have exactly the same texts and have the readers read them out. But there would be lexical differences that will make the other speakers which the text are not based on make no sense out of what they read.
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Tibetan script is a sister script of most South Asian scripts and Many of Southeast Asia from the Brahmic family.
For the numerals I could read like upto 5-6 of them without any issue. They were completely similar to numerals in Devanagari script.
Theres is more than one script in tibetan…..only the dbucan is looks a little bit similar to brahmi……if u look at cyugyig or other scripts,theres is not even remotely similarities
@@WaMo721
It's not about looks but origin.
@@lepmuhangpa there is no where in thonmi sambota where he said “yes i took influence from brahmi”…..it’s just estimations
@@WaMo721
I myself am a ᤕᤰᤌᤢᤶᤐᤠ / Yakthumpa; And it's clear that we took inspiration from Lepcha script, which was inspired by Sambhota script; All of these use an abugida system where there are consonant sounds & then a vowel marker. All of them are indeed taken from Dhamma lipi / Brahmi script used in ancient India; And still used by the Mangar people. They all have the same Ka, Kha, Ga, Gha, Nga structure & vowel structure.
@@lepmuhangpa ok then origin of abugida and origin of tibetan script is a different thing….origin of tibetan script is in lhasa,tibet…..origin of abugida system is in india ….don’t mix the two
Great deep dive thanks.🙏
Thanks for this video. I appreciate you studying our language and sharing the content internationally.
Sounds like a different dialect instead of a different language.
that's because they are, they're all considered to be "Tibetan"
@@guney2811 alright, thanks for the information
I love how they look similar but have a bit of differences on three of them
I think the writing is the same as Chinese: By that I mean the spellings are all old-Tibetan but dialects are widely different.
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I have been to the Tibetan settlement of Mcleodganj in India where Tibetans headed by Dalai Lama stay in hope of their liberated motherland
LOL
Amdo sounds so ancient.
Even the quality of the microphone is ancient.
@@LhawangPoSherpa
😂 Lol; Nah fr, though: Amdo language seems to read the language as it's written in script. The only other time I've seen Tibetan script being pronounced all vowels & consonants is in the Tamang language: But, they don't use the old spellings.
@@lepmuhangpa doesn't Ladakhi also do that?
@@LhawangPoSherpa
Depends on the dialect I suppose; But, generally yes. I know for a fact the Balti language in particular pronounces everything.
@@lepmuhangpaAmdo tends to retain the initial consonants, even the consonant clusters. But its not so conservative at the endings. Consonantal -s were lost. And in many dialects, -l, -b, -r and sometimes even -g are rarely pronounced, leading it to nearly open voweled syllables.
they sound like just different dialects rather than different languages. is it because the text they read out was made from one base text and they just happened to choose the cognates so they sound almost the same?
yes , they are reading the same text , written tibetan is very old . It hasn't been updated or changed since 7th century . So written tibetan and spoken tibetan are very different . Thats why many tibetans prefers writting in english .
@@moomullermoothomas6336 has anyone thought of updating and writing the modern spoken tibetan? or at least choose some modern standards of each dialect or language, or represent them in writing via IPA
I would love to see a series in which you will do dialects of the himalayan region of India. Btw I am from Tawang district, Arunachal Pradesh, India
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Are they all mutually intelligible?
Amdo cannot communicate with the other two & vice-versa.
@@lepmuhangpaJust some no name Exile people cannot understand Amdo ... Ngari and Kham does it easily
@@superbhandle
Ah, yes; Of course, mainlanders of Tibet obviously communicate with each other much more. Ngari are very interesting people, not talked about nearly as much.
Marthi language love Tibet from India❤
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@@bryonwhite6359not indian but the idea of khalistan is a sikh state and sikhism derives from hinduism so they arent really qualified for an own state
Could you make Iraqi Arabic and Persian?
Amdo dialect is my favourite 😚❤️
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Make a video about Tani (Tibetan) language as well
I just commented in another post yesterday that I wanna see this comparison. Maybe in your plan. Thank you. 🙏🏻
Can you make a video on Marathi language?
Amdos speech looks like it was recorded on a 1930 microphone
Tibetan accents or dialects, rather than "languages"... 🤔
Languages or Dialects, not accents: I think Amdo Tibetan isn't understood by the other two & vice-versa.
Amdo itself has many dialects like she said…..some r interchangeable some not
@@WaMo721
It's really amazing how much the mountains can do to make a plethora of dialects.
@@lepmuhangpa valleys keep one tribe from meeting another
@@WaMo721
This seems to be the reason why our languages are so different; I mean Sherpa is considered to be a dialect of Tibetan, is it tho?
6 in Amdo
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amdo sounds like bit of turkic language
It sounds like old Chinese & well, Old Tibetan obviously: Or any ancient language like modern Slavic languages which retain a lot of sounds in one word.
so Amdo just decided to slather an extra layer of consonants at the beginning of its words?
Nope, it's actually Amdo retaining the consonant clusters from the Old tibetan that other tibetan varieties lost.
No, the other two just lost the beginning consonants; But, Amdo doesn't retain the end consonants as much as the rest do.
Amdo sounds a little like Mongolian
The phonetic similarity between Amdo Tibetan and Mongolian is attributed to the lack of tone and the larger consonant phonology.
there are many ethnic mongolian in Amdo region.
There are pure-blood Mongols in Amdo who have been completely immersed by Tibetan culture. They're indistinguishable without a DNA test.
Even if you go to mainland Mongolia; They follow Tibetan Buddhism & hear prayer chants in Tibetan, with writings all over even if they don't speak a lick of Tibetan.
@@lepmuhangpa Bro my grandfather is from Amdo and he is pure tibetan stop spreading your ccp propaganda lil wumao
Amdo and mongolia r pretty close geographically and also ethically as well
Gsum sounds 😂miju language and we native people of Tibetan 😂❤
It would be better if compared on the bases of normal conversation . Then reading something. M tibetan.
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