Tibetan pinyin

Onsets overview Independent onsets in the initial syllable of a word are transcribed as follows: For more general case, see § Onsets. Vowels and final consonant The 17 vowels of the Lhasa dialect are represented in as follows: Ending a syllable, -r is usually not pronounced, but it lengthens the preceding vowel. In the same place, -n usually nasalises the preceding vowel. Consonants at the end of a syllable are transcribed as follows: ==Single syllable orthography==

The tone of a syllable depends mostly on its initial consonant. In this table, each initial is given in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) with the vowel a and a tone mark to present tone register (high/low). Onsets Below is a comprehensive transcription table of onsets of an initial syllable of a word. If the syllable to transcribe is not the first syllable of a word, see § Onset variation. Rimes Below is a comprehensive transcription table of rimes of a final syllable of a word, with IPA transcription for the Lhasa dialect. If the syllable to transcribe is not the final syllable of a word, see § Coda variation. Take "ཨ" to be the consonant (not "◌"). ==Intersyllable influence==

Onset variation ; Bare low aspirated variation • k*, q*, t*, p*, x*, s*, ky*, ch* become g*, j*, d*, b*, ?*, ?*, gy*, zh* respectively • pa* () and po* () become wa and wo respectively Coda variation Sometimes there is intersyllabic influence: } || forward shift of prefix ==Encoding==

The IETF language tag for Tibetan pinyin is . ==Examples==