Note on Tibetan Pronunciation
The pronunciation of Tibetan words is difficult to represent simply in English. The final consonants of many words are not pronounced with their full force and are influenced by consonants which may immediately precede or follow them. This frequently gives rise to an effect similar to the glottal stop, as when instead of saying “bottle” we say “boʼel” where the ʻtʼ sound is replaced by a tightening restrictive block on the vowel. In some of the new texts for recitation, appearing on the Simplybeing website, this blocked sound is indicated by the symbol <.
James Low, 2011
