Name the language

Where might you see a sign like this and what does it forbid you from doing?

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Comments (13)

PodolskySeptember 24th, 2006 at 1:01 pm

The text is in Tibetan, and although I can read and transcribe it, I can’t guess what it means.
par brgyag mi chog

Joseph StaleknightSeptember 24th, 2006 at 7:26 pm

Par brgyag mi chog….

I suppose that since it looks like a road sign, I think it forbids something on the road. I think it’s a “No Parking” Sign.

SimonSeptember 24th, 2006 at 8:03 pm

Podolsky’s right – it is Tibetan

Joseph – it’s not a “No Parking” sign or other road sign, but one you might see in a temple or museum.

I created the image and am not sure whether the shape and colours I used are the same as those used for such signs in Tibet – they just looked good to me.

TJSeptember 24th, 2006 at 8:30 pm

I think it is “no photography” or the like

AlexSeptember 24th, 2006 at 9:58 pm

Yup, took me a while to find an online Tibetan dictionary, but it seems TJ’s right. for once I checked the blog before Simon had announced the winner, but c’est la vie.

Bill WalshSeptember 25th, 2006 at 12:18 am

Hey, I knew it was Tibetan. Since it was solved, I didn’t get off the couch to get my phrasebook to look it up.

Yrs. for the mi-rgod…

SimonSeptember 25th, 2006 at 9:03 am

TJ is right – it does mean “No Photography”. Good guess!

Joseph StaleknightSeptember 25th, 2006 at 11:54 am

Strange,… some of the characters looked like they came from Tamil.

TJSeptember 25th, 2006 at 8:10 pm

AHA!!!
what’s my gift!!!! :D

SimonSeptember 26th, 2006 at 8:39 am

TJ – would you like to come up with a question for the next quiz?

TJSeptember 26th, 2006 at 12:58 pm

Sure, I will think of it.
By the way did you receive my email?

SimonSeptember 26th, 2006 at 1:26 pm

I don’t think I did receive your email, TJ

renatoOctober 1st, 2006 at 1:12 am

Well, Simon, My message today there is anything about Tibetan language. As you don’t have any kind of subjet in the proposal subjet I would like to know about the construct language Tsulyani. I read this name in a web page, which I don’t know which, but it looks like Tsuyani is a language like Slovio, Folkspraak and Interlingua, a language to make easier the life of people who speak semitic languages as Arabic, Hebrew, Aramaic, Siriac, and maybe Ahmaric. Don’t you have more informations about this language. It looks like a man named M.A.R. Barker who is creating this language.