Lam Rim Tibetan Internet Radio

http://www.lamrim.com/index2.html

Tibet

"1. Name: Tibet Autonomous Region

2. Area: 1,228,400 million square kilometers

3. Population: 2.62 million (the 2000 population census)

4. Capital: Lhasa

5. Geography: Tibet Autonomous Region, as the main part of the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau, is located in the southwestern border area of China between east longitude 78° 25' - 90° 06' and north latitude 26° 50' - 36° 53'. It has a common boundary with some other provinces or autonomous regions such as Yunnan, Sichuan, Qinghai and Xinjiang. It is bounded on the west by the Kashmir Zone, and borders on some countries and areas in South and Southeast Asia, namely Myanmar (Burma), India, Bhutan, Sikkim and Nepal. "

http://www.unescap.org/esid/psis/population/database/chinadata/tibet.htm

Tibetan-English Dictionary & Software User Forum

"Exchange of ideas and methods for using Tibetan language electronic dictionaries, translation tools, conversion programs, Tibetan spell checks, typesetting, and other related topics."

http://lotsaware.proboards29.com/

Tibetan Language Audio Guide

http://wordbridge.com/Tibeng/tibeng.html

Nitartha Tibetan Dictionary

http://www.nitartha.org/dictionary_search04.html

Tibetan (transliterated) English Dictionary

http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/translation/Tibetan+%2528Transliterated%2529/

THDL Simplified Phonetic Transcription of Standard Tibetan

"While multiple systems are currently used for transliterating Tibetan words with the Roman alphabet in ways that precisely render the Tibetan spelling, one system has emerged as a de facto international standard: the Wylie system. However, no such standard has emerged for the phonetic rendering of Tibetan, and in fact there is no single phonetic system in widespread use. Because Tibetan spelling practices are extremely conservative – they have remained essentially unchanged for ten centuries – there is an unusually broad discrepancy between spelling and pronunciation. Tibetan punctuation chiefly divides Tibetan words into syllables, each of which may have up to four horizontal positions (prefix, root letter, suffix, and post-suffix). Additionally, the root letter can have as many as four vertical positions (the root letter consonant, superscript consonant, subscript consonant, and vowel). In contemporary spoken Tibetan, however, many of these components are silent (although some silent elements do influence the pronunciation of the root letter and vowel). Because of this, transliterations of Tibetan words that render the standard spellings into the Roman alphabet – for example, bsgrubs – are virtually impossible for the general reader to pronounce (bsgrubs is pronounced "drup"). Compounding this difficulty is the fact that, while Tibetan spelling is standardized across the entire Tibetan cultural region, the pronunciation of a given word can differ markedly from one spoken dialect to the next. Because general readers cannot decipher Tibetan words in transliteration (e.g., bsgrubs) it is impossible for them to know how to pronounce the words, and as a result they have an extraordinarily hard time remembering Tibetan personal names, place names, terms, and so forth. Thus, the use of such transliteration systems significantly restricts the utility of the resulting materials for anyone who does not know the Tibetan language."

http://www.thdl.org/xml/showEssay.php?xml=/collections/langling/THDL_phonetics.xml&m=print

Old Tibetan Documents Online

"Old Tibetan Documents Online (OTDO) is a corpus of selected old (VIIth to Xth centuries) Tibetan texts: Dunhuang manuscripts, Inscriptions and related materials. We provide critically edited texts together with search and KeyWord In Context (KWIC) facilities."

http://otdo.aa.tufs.ac.jp/

Tibetan Language Institute

"The Tibetan Language Institute was founded on the belief that Tibetan language study is essential for the preservation of Tibetan culture, a vibrant world heritage whose message is peace. On a smaller but not less important scale, learning even a little Tibetan provides a deeply rewarding means for the individual Dharma practitioner to enrich Dharma practice. TLI strives to create opportunities wherein both goals can be realized."

http://www.tibetanlanguage.org/

A Translation of the Edicts of Asoka

"The Beloved of the Gods, Piyadassi the king, has had this inscription on Dhamma engraved. Here, no living thing having been killed, is to be sacrificed; nor is the holding of a festival permitted. For the Beloved of the Gods, the king Piyadassi, sees much evil in festivals, though there are some of which the Beloved of the Gods, the king Piyadassi, approves."

http://www.katinkahesselink.net/tibet/asoka1.html

Fonts in Cyberspace - Tibetan

http://www.sil.org/computing/fonts/lang/Tibetan.html

Buddha "EnlightenMints" Gourmet Mints

"These are deliciously strong peppermints in a cute little clik clak tin. Get a fresh minty flavor from these gourmet mints."

http://www.bighappybuddha.com/buegomi.html

Mount Everest Panorama

http://www.panoramas.dk/Fullscreen2/Full22.Html

'Free Tibet' flags made in China

"Police in southern China have discovered a factory manufacturing Free Tibet flags, media reports say."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7370903.stm