Tibetan <ḥ-> as a plain initial and its place in old Tibetan phonology

• Main Author: Hill, Nathan W.
• Other Authors: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2024
• Subjects: Arts and Humanities; Old Tibetan; Phonology
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/177735
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Beginning with de Kőrös (1834) many researchers have held that the Tibetan letter འ <ḥ> as a simple initial represents a voiced fricative. In 1881 Jäschke initiated an alternative view, which holds that this letter has no phonetic value, instead representing vocalic onset. An examination...