I am looking for an IPA chart for Lhasa Tibetan.  For examples of what
I mean by an IPA chart, you can go here:
http://classweb.gmu.edu/accent/nl-ipa/

You'll see that this site does have a Tibetan IPA chart, but I'm not
sure it's entirely right, so I need to find another one somewhere for
independant confirmation.

I will accept as an answer a link to an IPA chart of Tibetan, or else
the reference to a book that definitely has one in it (which I will
then go get from the library).
Obviously, I won't accept a link back to the site above, nor the book
it was taken from (Denwood, 1999).  Also, all I really care about is
getting a phonetic description of the segment inventory of modern
Lhasa Tibetan (I'm not concerned with tones at this point), so if you
find something in a slightly different format than the IPA chart, it
would probably be ok, as long as it has a comprehensive list of all
the segments in the language.

Please ask if you need any clarification, I'm always on the computer
so I should get right back to you.
Thanks.

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Clarification of Question by maisie-ga on 15 Oct 2003 20:13 PDT

Just wanted to be clear on one thing, sorry:

I do NOT want a chart or list of all the surface phonetic forms of all
the allophones, because I already have several of those.  I want a
chart or list of the complete phoneme inventory.

Hello maisie-ga,

I have found an IPA chart of the Tibetan alphabet by searching on
Amazon.com for: "lhasa tibetan" ipa.  It includes a note with respect
to Lhasa Tibetan, seemingly implying that the chart is good for Lhasa
Tibetan.

'All 12 results for "lhasa tibetan" ipa'
Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/index%3Dstripbooks%26field-keywords%3D%252522lhasa%252520tibetan%252522%252520ipa%26store-name%3Dbooks/102-3762493-7724957

When I searched, it was the second result -- or more specifically,
page 153 of the following book:

"An Introduction to the Languages of the World, by Anatole V. Lyovin"
Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0195081161/qid=1067673257/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_2/102-3762493-7724957?v=glance&s=books
 
If you are registered with Amazon.com, you can view the page by
clicking on the "page 153" on the initial page I have cited.  If not,
you can still get a sense of what the book contains by "searching
inside the book" for the word "tibetan" or phrase "lhasa tibetan".

- justaskscott-ga

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Clarification of Answer by justaskscott-ga on 01 Nov 2003 00:11 PST

I should note that even if you are already registered with Amazon and
can view the chart right away, you will probably want to search inside
the book for "tibetan" and "lhasa tibetan", in order to see other
potentially relevant information.  Also, you may want to look at the
pages preceding and following the chart, and perhaps other pages as
well.

Sorry to take so long to rate this.  I finally got the book out of the
library, and it's great.  Thanks.