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following a consonant is silent; e. g. klu, näga 'serpent'
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lu; zla.ba, candra 'moon' is ', la.ba; but
ད་བ da.ba.
is pronounced
generally it is pronounced
ཕph,
9. Modifications of Pronunciations. (i) y following
P,
b, and am changes their pronunciations into those of c, ch, c or i, and ny respectively. When not an initial, by is pronounced as j; but if prefixed by d it is pronounced as y. Sometimes the sound of gy changes into that of ; ; e. 8.bstan.hgyur is pronounced tan.jur.
(ii) When རrfollows, ཀ k, ཁ kh, ག ༔, ད d, པ p. ཕph, and བ b are pronounced as cerebrals, i. e. kr and pr as t; khr and phr as th, and gr, 5 dr, and br as d: e. g. bkra (as in , Tashi Lama, lit. Mangala-guru) is pronounced ța. v occurring only in a few words in Tibetan, of which the sign is joined to a consonant, is, in fact, silent, but its inherent Wa is pronounced as a long one; e. g. rtsva, tṛṇa 'grass' is pronounced as tsā.
(iii)
<'
(iv) Similarly sometimes at the end of a word ḥ () is silent. but its inherent W a is lengthened in pronunciation.
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Identical pronunciation of different sounds. It is to be noted that according to the above rules a number of
