Word: loosest
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Dates: during 1943-1943
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Between Tibetan and other languages-except related Burmese, Chinese, Tai-there is a great and scholar-swallowing gulf. The grammar is exotic plus, the spelling has only the loosest association with the pronunciation (brgyad means eight, is pronounced jay), the literature is virtually unrelated to the contemporary idiom. Through the centuries the Tibetans under their Lamas* have adapted their language very slowly, although they have taken over some words like airplane (the Germans attempted the first test flight across the country) and electric light (Lhasa has a small power plant...