A Comparative Vocabulary of Some of the Languages Spoken in the Burma Empire

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The paper contains references to the Rohingyas and their language: "...I shall now add three dialects, spoken in the Burma Empire, but evidently derived from the language of the Hindu nation. The first is that spoken by the Mohammedans, who have long settled in Arakan, and who call themselves Rooinga, or natives of Arakan..."

Creator/author: 

Francis Buchanan, M. D.

Source/publisher: 

SOAS Bulletin of Burma Research, Vol. 1, No., 1, Spring 2003, ISSN 1479-8484

Date of Publication: 

1799-00-00

Date of entry: 

2012-07-25

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English

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