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boudewijnrempt | 5 years ago

The Tibetan script isn't difficult at all. You just need to learn the sound changes for the past five, six hundred years and apply them to logically arrive at "tro" for something written "bsgribs" -- but it's all very logical and clear. As my teachers made clear at university, using the Grundriss der Klassischen Tibetischen Schriftsprache and books of a similar age.

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tasogare|5 years ago

Having to learn a significant portion of the phonological/phonetic history of a language to read it is exactly something that can be considered difficult. In fact, most people don’t even know what a phonological or phonetic change is, and can’t give an example.

boudewijnrempt|5 years ago

You might need to work on your reading comprehension. Particularly when it comes to sarcasm, or irony. I did quote my teacher verbatim, and he wasn't using neither irony nor sarcasm when calling this tour de force "easy". But I was...