Languages of Burma/Myanmar
Websites/Multiple Documents
Source/publisher:
wikipedia
Date of entry/update:
2013-12-22
Grouping:
Websites/Multiple Documents
Category:
Burmese, Languages of Burma/Myanmar
Language:
Burmese/ မြန်မာဘာသာ
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Individual Documents
Description:
Adult Literacy Project. Chin Association for Christian Communication. "There are seven States and seven Division in Myanmar. Chin State is one of the States. There are nine townships in Chin State of which the people of the three townships Hakha, Thantlang, Matupi speak the Lai language. Beside these townships, there are also Lai speaking communities in Falam, Paletwa and Mindat townships in Chin State, and in Rakhine State and Magwe and Sagaing Divisions within Myanmar..."
Bawi Hu
Date of publication:
2001-00-00
Date of entry/update:
2016-05-17
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Burmese literature - texts, reviews, profiles, obituaries, articles, papers, bibliographies etc., Languages of Burma/Myanmar, Education in Chin State, Language Education
Language:
English
Format :
pdf
Size:
5.06 MB
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Description:
Abstract: "History,
language,
and
literature
are
inseparable.
Undoubtedly,
historian
represents
the
past
via
language
and
employs
literature
as
historical
evidence.
The
late
Dr.Than
Tun,
the
highly
respected
and
prominent
Myanmar
historian,
was
trained
in
a
positivist
fashion
under
the
supervision
of
D.G.E.
Hall
and
G.H.
Luce,
the
leading
colonial
scholars.
Hence,
his
treatment
of
literature
fundamentally
confined
to
and
empirical
historical
framework,
attaching
great
importance
to
its
factual
data
and
historicity.
Nonetheless,
some
of
his
writings
reveal
that
he
did
not
neglect
discussing
how
to
trace
back
and
interpret
Myanmar
history
from
fictional
genres
of
the
past,
for
example,
myth,
legend
and
folklore.
He
suggests
that
pre-‐Buddhist
elements
of
pre-‐literate
societies
are
preserved
in
those
traditional
songs,
fables,
proverbs,
riddles
and
customs.
Moreover,
to
study
the
history
of
Myanmar
literature
is
supposed
to
begin
with
the
earliest
form
of
literature,
the
oral
tradition.
While
his
copious
historical
research
was
primarily
based
on
very
formal
literary
evidence,
for
instance,
inscriptions,
royal
orders,
first-‐hand
accounts,
contemporary
historical
documents
on
tax,
revenue,
demography
and
even
tombstones,
when
he
wrote
his
works
he
preferred
to
write
in
the
colloquial
Myanmar
form.
He
advocated
Ludu
U
Hla?s
campaign
for
simple
and
accessible
writings
for
people.
He
also
urged
his
pupils
to
write
theses
in
the
colloquial
language.
This
paper
attempts
to
analyze
Dr.Than
Tun?s
perception
of
Myanmar
language
and
literature
in
a
light
of
the
historical
context
of
Myanmar
society.".....Paper delivered at the International Conference on Burma/Myanmar Studies: Burma/Myanmar in Transition: Connectivity, Changes and Challenges: University Academic Service Centre (UNISERV), Chiang Mai University, Thailand, 24-26 July 2015.
Pamaree Surakiat
Source/publisher:
International Conference on Burma/Myanmar Studies: Burma/Myanmar in Transition: Connectivity, Changes and Challenges: University Academic Service Centre (UNISERV), Chiang Mai University, Thailand, 24-26 July 2015
Date of publication:
2015-07-26
Date of entry/update:
2015-08-20
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Society and Culture, Burma/Myanmar - general studies, Languages of Burma/Myanmar, Burmese literature - texts, reviews, profiles, obituaries, articles, papers, bibliographies etc., Burman history, Languages of Burma - general, International Conference on Burma/Myanmar Studies (ICBMS) 23-26 July, 2015
Language:
English
Format :
pdf
Size:
195.27 KB
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