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<p>[QUOTE="THCoins, post: 8145505, member: 57364"]I can not read Uchen script, but i do read Brahmi and Nagari. The Tibetan Uchen script derives from Brahmi and has many similarities.</p><p>I think the discrepancies derive from different factors. First Dzongkha is a tonal language which may be written down in different manners. I think the classical tibetan script has been modified a bit to cover Bhutanese sounds over time.</p><p>Uchen script, like the Indic scripts is an abugida. That means every character is one or multiple consonants with an implicit vowel, usually "a". Small appendages may modify the vowel. This can not always be transliterated fully into an alphabet based script.</p><p>In indic tradition, Chha, or Chcha, is one of the basic syllables. we just do not have it in western languages.</p><p>Regarding the "Tr" in 1974, the character in uchen is actually written as "Rta". After this, it seems written as "Kr" ?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="THCoins, post: 8145505, member: 57364"]I can not read Uchen script, but i do read Brahmi and Nagari. The Tibetan Uchen script derives from Brahmi and has many similarities. I think the discrepancies derive from different factors. First Dzongkha is a tonal language which may be written down in different manners. I think the classical tibetan script has been modified a bit to cover Bhutanese sounds over time. Uchen script, like the Indic scripts is an abugida. That means every character is one or multiple consonants with an implicit vowel, usually "a". Small appendages may modify the vowel. This can not always be transliterated fully into an alphabet based script. In indic tradition, Chha, or Chcha, is one of the basic syllables. we just do not have it in western languages. Regarding the "Tr" in 1974, the character in uchen is actually written as "Rta". After this, it seems written as "Kr" ?[/QUOTE]
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