- Low toned sounds (ག་ཇ་ད་བ་) carry some aspiration on their own but lose it when combined w/ other letters. Thus, ག་ itself doesn’t sound like the English “ga”, more like a “gha”.
- ར་ is not like the American “R” sound, more like the Latin “R”.
- Unaspirated: ཀ་ཅ་ཏ་ཙ་