The THL Simplified Phonetic Transcription of Standard Tibetan (or THL Phonetic Transcription for short) is a system for the phonetic rendering of the Tibetan language .
4-535: It was created by David Germano and Nicolas Tournadre and was published on 12 December 2003. It is essentially a simplified form of the Tournadre Phonetic System, which is used by Tournadre in his Tibetan-language textbooks. THL (formerly THDL) stands for the " Tibetan and Himalayan Library " project, which is hosted at the University of Virginia . This Tibet -related article is
8-419: A stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This writing system –related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . David Germano David Francis Germano is an American Tibetologist and professor of Tibetan and Buddhist Studies at the University of Virginia (UVA), where he has dual appointments in its School of Nursing and Department of Religious Studies. Germano
12-657: Is a former board member of the International Association of Tibetan Studies, and currently serves as Editor-in-Chief for The Journal of the International Association of Tibetan Studies (JIATS), a journal of Tibetology . In 2000, Germano founded the Tibetan and Himalayan Library , a digital initiative for collaborative knowledge-building about the Tibetan and Himalayan regions. He has also served as its director since its inception. Germano has also been
16-759: The co-director of the UVA Tibet Center since 2008. At the University of Virginia , he is the founding director of both SHANTI (Sciences, Humanities, and the Arts Network of Technological Initiatives) and the Contemplative Sciences Center. Germano received a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree from the University of Notre Dame and later pursued his Doctor of Philosophy ( PhD ) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison , focusing on Buddhist Studies and Tibetan Studies. Germano lived and studied in various regions of Asia for over
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