Free online translator for converting English names to Tibetan (བོད་ཡིག)
Tibetan script is an ancient Brahmic writing system developed in the 7th century. Known for its distinctive angular characters and complex consonant stacking, it's used for Tibetan Buddhist texts.
Tibetan transliteration uses consonants with vowel marks placed above or below. The script has a unique stacking system for consonant clusters.
Here are examples of common English names transliterated to Tibetan:
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Tibetan is a Tibeto-Burman language, distantly related to Chinese but with its own unique grammar and vocabulary. The scripts are completely different.
Tibetan stacks consonants vertically when they cluster together without vowels between them. This creates complex multi-level character combinations.
Yes! Tibetan script was developed specifically for translating Buddhist texts from Sanskrit and is essential for Tibetan Buddhist literature.
Most English sounds can be approximated. Some sounds use combinations or the closest Tibetan equivalent.