A Short Practical Grammar Of The Tibetan Languages

This Compendium Edition contains a facsimile of the original publication in manuscript, the first printed version of 1883, and the later Addenda published with the Third Edition. Heinrich August Jdschke (1817-1883) was a Moravian missionary and linguist, born in Herrnhut, Saxony, Germany. He was educated at, and later taught at, Paedagogium at Niesky. In 1856 he went to Kyelang (Kailing), Lahul province, India, near Tibet, to prepare for work among Chinese Mongols. His other works include a German-Tibetan and English-Tibetan lexicon.

Tashi Daknewa was one of LTWA’s resident Tibetan language teachers and with twelve years classroom experience, as well as a one-year sabbatical teaching and studying in the USA, he has developed a keen awareness of students’ needs. Through diligently noting the many and various questions he has been asked over the years, as well as the answers he gave, he has been able to compile this book, which illustrates Tibetan grammar from a quite fresh perspective. What he has tried to do is to address the problems that occur in students’ minds when initially presented with Tibetan grammar in the traditional way.

ABOUT THE BOOK:The present work is designed not only to help the general reader to grasp the grammatical structure of the Tibetan language in his endeavour to study the general literature of Tibet but also the Buddhist scholar who is particularly inte

This book has been compiled to familarise and acquaint English readers with the Tibetan words and phrases that are found in Tibetan characters or transliterations while reading Tibetan manuscripts. Also this work is intended to help the Tibetans and non-Tibetans who will study Tibetan Grammar. This book is divided into 3 parts, The first part introduces the basic structures of Tibetan language consisting of vowels, consonants, superscribed and subscribed letters and prefixes and suffixes. The second part consists of a collection of articles on Tibetan literature published in the Tibet Journal Series. The third part consists of translations of the three treatises on Tibetan Grammar.