Burmese-Myanmar Written Language in Latin Script
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U Kyaw Tun, M.S. (I.P.S.T., U.S.A.), Deep River, Ontario, Canada. Not for sale. No copyright. Free for everyone. Prepared for students of TIL Computing and Language Center, Yangon, MYANMAR .
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This is the main index for all my works connected with Romabama and languages particularly English and Burmese. Now that Pali grammar in both Pali-Latin (International Pali) and Pali-Myanmar (Myanmar Pali) are available to me, Pali will be another language I will be looking into.
This collection of works was originally created 070724 in London, Ontario.
I am bringing these together to keep the rules of Romabama at the same update.
Romabama Practice:
Rules for transliteration of Burmese-Myanmar akshara into Latin alphabet -
rbm-indx.htm
Romabama Theory:
€ The Human Voice: background of Romabama -
HV-indx.htm
by Joe K. Tun, Deep River, first version 080327
€ DJPD16
Daniel Jones English Pronouncing Dictionary 16th edition: -
DJPD16-indx.htm
source of English pronunciation
€ Phonation types: a cross-lingusitic overview,
- phon-type-cross-ling.htm
by M. Gordon and P. Ladefoged, Journal of Phonetics (2001) 29, 383-406,
(Other materials in preparation, at present included as a part of Burmese-Myanmar Grammar 2: MLC)
Priority of Speech
€ "Speech Versus Writing" in Derrida and Bhartṛhari
- HGCoward-Speech-Writ.htm
by Harold G. Coward, in Philosophy East and
West, Vol. 41, No. 2 (1991), pp.141-162, Univ. of Hawaii Press.
€ The Dogma of the Priority of Speech in Language Teaching -
VCook-dogma.htm
by Vivian Cook draft as of March 2001, University of Essex, United Kingdom
Language of Gautama Buddha
€ The Language Problem of
Primitive Buddhism -
lang-problem-Buddh.htm
by Chi Hisen-lin, Journal of the Burma Research Society, XLIII, i, June
1960
(What the Buddha said on the question of short and long vowels, or the exact
pronunciation.)
€
The Edicts of King Asoka
- Dhammika-Asoka-edicts.htm
by Ven. S. Dhammika, The Wheel Publication No.
386/387, Buddhist Publication Society,
€
Ashoka the Great - Asoka-Great.htm
from Wikipedia
Burmese and English
€ Grammar Glossary --
indx-GramGloss.htm
Burmese-Myanmar language
€ Grammar 1: MLC -- BG4M-indx.htm
€ Grammar 2: MLC --
BG4M2-indx.htm
Part of UKT' introduction has been moved into a separate folder,
The Human Voice, on 080327
€ Burmese Grammar and Grammatical Analysis
Part 1.
Orthoepy and Orthography and related files
-- BG1899-indx.htm
€ Orthography: MLC -- BO4M-indx.htm
€ Burmese For Foreign Friends --
indx-B4FF.htm
English-Latin language
€ Grammar in Plain Language --
indx-GPE.htm
€ English idioms --
indx-Eidiom.htm
Pali-Myanmar language
€ Grammar -- pal-indx.htm
Libray index - indx-lib-RBM4M.htm
Collected papers in the library of RBM4M: not included in the internet version.
CD versions of RBM4M contains a library of resources which is excluded from the
internet version to protect the copyrights of the authors.
(in Burmese-Myanmar)
(Note: MLC has been renamed several times.)
Glass-Palace - The Glass Palace Chronicles, written in 1819 to 1837), repub. by
Min. of Info., Myanmar Gov., 4th reprint in Bur-Myan, in
3 volumes.
Lonsdale - "Burmese Grammar and Grammatical Analysis" by A. W.
Lonsdale, Education Department, Burma, British Burma Press, Rangoon, 1899.
MEDict - Myanmar English Dictionary
by MLC, 1993, pp 635
MMDict -
Travelling Pocket Myanmar Dictionary
Bur-Myan to Bur-Myan) by MLC, 1999, pp 401.
MOrtho -
Myanmar Orthography (MOrtho),
U Tun Tint editor,
Myanmar Language Commission (MLC), 1986, pp292
ModPMDict - Modern Pali-Myanmar Dictionary
by {a.rhing Dam~math~tha-mi-Bi.wδn-tha.}, Yangon, 2005, pp938 - in
Bur-Myan
PMDict - Compendium Pali Dictionary {pa-Li. a.Bi.Daan-hkyoap},
by
{lθύ-ti-paN~Πi.ta.} U Maung Gyi, Rangoon, 1966, pp.524 - in Bur-Myan
Myanmar Thudda, vol. 1 to 5 in Bur-Myan, Text-book Committee,
Basic Edu., Min. of Edu., Myanmar, ca. 1986
"Pali Lessons" Module {a.ra.}-111{ka.},
(in Burmese) Univ. of Distance Education, 1999.
"Pali Lessons" Module {a.ra.}-1001 Pali grammar,
(in Burmese)
Yangon Univ. of Distance Education, 2003
UHS-Dict - Universal Burmese-English-Pali Dictionary - U Hoke Sein,
First edition, 1980, pp1064 .
UHS-PaliDict - {pa.dat~hta.miρ-tha} Pali-Myanmar Dictionary - U Hoke
Sein, 1999, pp1180
U Tun Tint - editor (retd.), MLC - personal communication.
(in English-Latin)
AHTD. American Heritage Talking Dictionary
Burmese Grammar and Grammatical Analysis (Lonsdale 1899)
by A. W. Lonsdale, Education Department, Burma. British Burma Press, Rangoon,
1899, pp. 459.
Photocopy available in TIL library. Original from which the photocopy was taken
is in the library of
my brother-in-law U Ba Khin an avid book collector
Childers - Dictionary of Pali Language, R. C. Childers, 1909
DJPD16. - Daniel Jones, English Pronouncing Dictionary, 16 ed,
Cambridge University Press 2003.
Narada - Ven.
Narada Thera, An Elementary Pali Course,
Buddha Dhamma
Association, Inc. (Sri Lanka)
www.buddhanet.net
Htin Aung - Maung Htin Aung, Folk Elements in Burmese Buddhism,
Religious Affairs Department Press, Yegu, Kaba Aye P.O., Rangoon, Burma, 1981.
PTS (Pali Text Soc.) - Pali-English Dictionary, ed. Rhys Davids and W. Stede,
reprint 1999 (1st publ. 1921-1925)
Unicode Standard, Version 4.0, Unicode Consortium,
Chapter 9,
http://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode4.0.0/ch9.pdf
Chapter 10,
http://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode4.0.0/ch10.pdf
http://www.umanitoba.ca/linguistics/index.shtml
U Kyaw Tun joined the Department of Chemistry, University of Rangoon, as an assistant lecturer in 1955.
He was assigned as lecturer to the first year science students at the Yankin College. His duties were
extended further the following year as lecturer in Inorganic Chemistry to the third year science students
(those taking Chemistry) at the main campus in addition to his duties at the Yankin College. He served
for 33 years in various universities and colleges throughout Myanmar: Rangoon University, Rangoon
Institute of Technology, Mandalay University, Bassein College, Workers College and Taunggyi College. His
last posting from which he retired was Associate Professor and Head of Department of Chemistry, Taunggyi
Degree College.
Though trained as a scientist and engineer, U Kyaw Tun has a keen interest
in the culture, history, religion and mythology of various peoples of the world. His knowledge of
several languages: Myanmar, English, French, Pali, Swedish and German has helped him in his cultural
studies. He has an extensive knowledge of Hindu astrology, specializing the Ashtakavarga system.
U Kyaw Tun was a part-time columnist writing for the Working Peoples Daily
in Myanmar and was a member on the editorial board of the North Renfrew Times in Canada. He has given
several public lectures in Canada on Buddhism particularly to scientists and engineers, and to
non-Buddhists.
01. Abugida:
http://www.everything2.org/index.pl?node=abugida
Nasal:
http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node=nasal
02. D. Vujastyk, 25 June 1996
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/~ucgadkw/members/transliteration/translit.pdf.
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