#shapaley

[wikitongues]

In continuing the Tibetan posts for #WeeklyTongue, here's Shapaley, the TIbetan rapper, with another song about Tsampa. Tsampa (རྩམ་པ) is a type of porridge made of flour. The first line Shapaley raps is "Tsampa eater". According to Wikipedia, "The phrase "tsampa-eater" was used to promote a unified Tibetan identity. Whereas Tibetans speak mutually unintelligible languages, worship in different sects, and live in different regions, all Tibetans were thought to eat tsampa."

[wikitongues]

བཀྲ་ཤིས་བདེ་ལེགས། (tashi delek) This week's #WeeklyTongue is Tibetan! We haven't got a video for Tibetan yet, so here's Tibetan rapper Shapaley with his song about learning the Tibetan Alphabet. Catchy, isn't it? If you can speak Tibetan or know someone who can, help us with a video submission! More info on www.wikitongues.org.

Tibetan may refer to Classical (written standard) Tibetan, Old Tibetan, Standard Tibetan, which is the most widely spoken dialect, and three other language variants. Tibetan is part of the Tibeto-Burman language family, which is part of the Sino-Tibetan family. 

This post will focus on Standard Tibetan. (ལྷ་སའི་སྐད་ lha-sa'i skad). Standard Tibetan is often referred to as Lhasa Tibetan, as Lhasa is the capital of Tibet. It is spoken in three styles, polite, vernacular and religious. The Lhasa dialect has two tones, high and low. Apart from this, there is also vowel harmony, where vowels are alternated between open and closed, used with non alternating either open or closed vowels.  ALPHABET You can learn the consonants here! http://www.tibetanlanguage.org/PDF/Lev%201%20Alphabet%20with%20phonetics%20.pdf There are four vowels: i, u, e, o. More information can be found here: http://www.mongols.eu/tibetan-language/tibetan-alphabet/ This page also provides great background on sentence structure: http://www.mongols.eu/tibetan-language/tibetan-phrases/

Have a look at Omniglot's page if you want more phrases: http://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/tibetan.php

[zikbox-blog]

Food-related: Shapaley - Shapale Song.

[mollierodriguez]

This. གསལ་བྱེད་སུམ་ཅུ། with MC Shapaley.  

[angrytibetangirl]

I don't mean to hate but this is so much better than the usual Ka wa = Kawa, Ca sha = Casha. This makes me wana forget my Tibetan alphabet just so I can relearn it while breakdancing through this song.  Shapaley say's "Don't fall asleep when class is in session" yo!

[charming-gremlin]

So today in my pilgrimage class, someone made a presentation about the Tibetan gov. and people in exile, and I was introduced to Tibetan rappers, and I...Everybody should go to youtube right now and watch the videos of Tenkun. And Shapaley too. They're both really good. So do it. Now. I command it.

[raptivism]

"Made in Tibet" by Shapaley

This is a song by Switzerland-based RAPtivist, #Shapaley. It shows pride for Tibetan culture, reminding people to not forget where they come from and where they are going.  Shapaley is among the first emcees I've come across who raps in Tibetan--pretty cool.

Also, if you're looking for a good laugh paired with a thoughtful message also check out his self-titled song "Shapaley" that plays on a metaphor about the traditional Tibetan dumpling dish. Hilarious!  

[centaursarefuckingcute]

Made in Tibet - Shapaley

Beautiful. “brothers and sisters, we don’t know if you can hear us, but we hope you’ll receive this message…”