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Nebesky-Wojkowitz. René de Nebesky-Wojkowitz (Oracles and Demons of Tibet, 1956) writes the
letters as in Wylie (ka kha ga nga, ca cha ja nya, … zha za ’a ya ra la sha sa ha a) but capitalizes the
root letter (ming gzhi) of the first syllable instead of the first letter: rDo rje legs pa,
dPal ldan lha mo, bsTan ma, brGya byin. When the root is ’a or the vowel carrier ཨ, the vowel
takes the capital (’Od, O rgyan). The trainer applies this to the first syllable of every item; choose
“every syllable” for a stricter root-letter drill.
Wylie (EWTS). All lowercase; g.y separates the prefix ga from root ya.
ALA-LC. Library of Congress romanization: ṅ ñ ź ś for nga nya zha sha, ʼ for ’a, ʹ in gʹy.
Use the on-screen keys or type ' for ʼ.
Levels. 1: one or two syllables without prefixes or stacks · 2: up to three syllables with a few prefixes, superscripts or subscripts · 3: any word · 4: phrases of 3–8 syllables · 5: sentences of 9+ syllables.
Sources. Words, sentences and translations come from the free dictionary data of Christian Steinert’s Tibetan–English Dictionary (GitHub): Heart of the Tibetan Language (everyday words with example sentences), the Rangjung Yeshe Tibetan–English Dharma Dictionary, Common Buddhist Terms (Chung-an Lin) and Gateway to Knowledge. Copyright of the dictionary content remains with its authors. Only native Tibetan spellings are used (Sanskrit transliterations are left out).
Scripts. Uchen uses Noto Serif Tibetan or Jomolhari (SIL Open Font License). The umê styles Betsu, Drutsa and Tsutong use the Qomolangma fonts by yalasoo with the China Tibetology Research Center, free for non-commercial use.
Timer challenge. The clock starts at your first keystroke. Correct answers move on automatically; Skip counts as a miss. At the end you see every item with its translation, and your best score is kept for each combination of style, level, vocabulary and duration.