ཕལ་སྐད

Tibetan

Etymology

ཕལ (phal, “general, ordinary”) +‎ སྐད (skad, “language”)

Pronunciation

Old Tibetan: /*pʰal.skat/
Lhasa: /pʰɛː˥˥.kɛː˥˨/

Old Tibetan:
- IPA^(key): /*pʰal.skat/ (reconstructed)
Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: pae^f-gae^h
- (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /pʰɛː˥˥.kɛː˥˨/

Noun

ཕལ་སྐད • (phal skad)

colloquial language, vernacular language, demotic

Descendants

→ Kurtöp: ཕེལ་ཀེ (phelke)

See also