Packed with examples, this presentation takes the student through the rules of colloquial Tibetan grammar, dealing with tenses, interrogatives, conditionals etc.

Essentials of Modern Literary Tibetan
A Reading Course & Reference Grammar
by Goldstein M C

Tibetan grammar and syntax presented through graded readings and narrative explanations. With a large glossary.

Fluent Tibetan
A Proficiency-Orientated Learning System (4 Vols + cassettes)
by Napper E / Magee W / Perdue D / Geshe Thubten Jimpa

This language package consists of a textbook and a set of 24 cassettes (26 hours) arranged in 15 units. The most systematic and extensive course system available on the spoken Tibetan language.
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Grammar of Colloquial Tibetan
by Sir Charles A Bell

A reprint of the original Government of Bengal edition from 1939.

Grammar of the Tibetan Language
by Csoma de Koros A

Literary and colloquial Tibetan with full treatment of pronunciation, spelling and verb construction.

Introduction to the Grammar of Tibetan Language
by Sarat Chandra Das

In addition to a presentation of the grammar in English this work, first published in 1914, includes representative grammatical texts in Tibetan.

Learning Practical Tibetan
by Bloomfield A / Yanki Tshering

Suitable both for beginners and more advanced students, this book begins with a simple but complete grammar, enabling readers to immediately form their own sentences. Vocabulary, phrases and dialogues are introduced relating to everyday situations such as eating out, shopping, speaking to friends, travelling and visiting a Tibetan doctor. An appendix covers in detail Tibetan numbering, dates, telling time, festivals and religious terms, with a full vocabulary list.

Two cassettes (sold separately) are available to accompany this book:

Lectures on Tibetan Religious Culture
by Geshe Lhundrub Sopa

Designed as an intermediate text book for students of Buddhist culture to learn Tibetan language, this combined edition of the two original volumes discusses a wide variety of subjects on Tibetan Buddhist culture, including Tibetan dialogues and vocabulary.

Modern Tibetan Language Vol. 1 and 2
by Losang Thonden

A revised edition of the popular manuals for learning colloquial Tibetan, covering all the essentials of the language.

New English-Tibetan Dictionary
by Norbu Chophel

A handy reference book of essential words for conversational Tibetan.

New Plan Tibetan Grammar and Translation
by Prof Pema Chinjor

Tibetan language taught in a simple and natural way, by a teacher with 20 years  experience teaching Tibetan language at Punjab university.

Pattern Drills in Intermediate Conversational Tibetan
by Liberman K / Ngawang Thondup Narkyid

This drill book provides extensive drills in conversational Tibetan to give adequate exercise to students.

Textbook of Modern Colloquial Tibetan Conversations
by Tashi Daknewa; Kenneth Liberman

Intended for students who can already read, but require more experience of the colloquial language.

Tibetan Phrasebook Tapes
Cassette tapes to accompany the book Learning Practical Tibetan.

Tibetan Quadrisyllabics, Phrases and Idioms
by Sangye T Naga & Tsepak Rigzin

Some of Tibet s rich repository of countless idioms and phrases  important elements that add to the profundity and humour of the Tibetan language.

Tibetan-English Buddhist Historical Glossary
by Das S C
Edited by S K Gupta

Presents words in Tibetan script, transliteration, Sanskrit equivalent and the meaning in English.

Tibetan-English Dictionary
by Chandra Das S

The large Indian edition of this popular linguistic bible. Also available in a compact edition

Tibetan-English Dictionary
by Jaschke H A

Includes special reference to the prevailing dialects. The Indian edition.

Tibetan-English Dictionary (on CD-ROM)
by Rangjung Yeshe Publications

The plain-text format Rangjung Yeshe Dictionary v.2 features Tibetan words transliterated in Wylie script, with definitions in English..

Tibetan-English Dictionary of Buddhist Terminology
by Tsepak Rigzin

Based on The Great Volume of Precise Understanding. Devised in the ninth century and supplemented from the collected works of various Lamas, this mammoth labour of love contains 4,000 main entries and 6,000 sub-entries, with Sanskrit equivalents of terms.

Translating Buddhism From Tibetan
by Wilson J

A practical guide to the grammar, syntax and conceptual vocabulary of Tibetan Buddhist texts, based on the system developed by Jeffrey Hopkins.

Fluent Tibetan (CD ROM)
by Elizabeth Napper et al

Also useful as a reference resource in its own right, this CD ROM forms a supplement and addition to the Fluent Tibetan course. It contains all the course vocabulary and dialogues, linked to audio resource files, with 17 new dialogues, a Tibetan-English glossary searchable in both languages, and drilling facilities. All words, sentences etc may be heard spoken by native speakers at the click of a mouse, to aid learning and pronunciation.

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