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The Dictionary of Lahu

By:James A. Matisoff
Publisher:University of California Press
eText ISBN:9780520327139
Edition:1
Copyright:1988
Format:Reflowable

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The Lahu are a hill-dwelling Tibeto-Burman people whose language reflects the influence of Thai and Chinese, yet retains a unique beauty and expressive power of its own. The Dictionary of Lahu is one of the most exhaustive and sophisticated dictionaries yet produced for a Southeast Asian language. Together with the author's The Grammar of Lahu (UCPL vol. 75, 1973/1982), it places Lahu among the best documented minority languages of the world.

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