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372 GLOSSARY OP TIBETAN TERMS.
Many words show a considerable difference between
the pronunciation and the spelling. In most cases the
difference is based upon grammatical rules; in others we
have to explain it by supposing the influence of dialects,
in consequence of which many words have become invested
with a form different from that which they have in the
classical stationary language of the sacred Buddhist
literature. I have already had occasion to allude to this
introduction of numerous new forms into the modern
popular Tibetan, when analysing the historical document
obtained at Himis (see p. 183).
The alphabet I use for the transliteration in the third
column is given in full detail p. xi-xiv. The consonants
not pronounced are printed in Italics; the Tibetan inter-
syllabic points are rendered, as is usually done, by small
horizontal lines.
Many words show a considerable difference between
the pronunciation and the spelling. In most cases the
difference is based upon grammatical rules; in others we
have to explain it by supposing the influence of dialects,
in consequence of which many words have become invested
with a form different from that which they have in the
classical stationary language of the sacred Buddhist
literature. I have already had occasion to allude to this
introduction of numerous new forms into the modern
popular Tibetan, when analysing the historical document
obtained at Himis (see p. 183).
The alphabet I use for the transliteration in the third
column is given in full detail p. xi-xiv. The consonants
not pronounced are printed in Italics; the Tibetan inter-
syllabic points are rendered, as is usually done, by small
horizontal lines.