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TIL (Tun Institute of Learning)
http://www.tuninst.net
http://www.softguide.net.mm
http://www.romabama.blogspot.com
An Academic website dedicated to
BURMESE, ENGLISH, PALI, SANSKRIT (BEPS) LANGUAGES
Notice:
You will see the sound mark <))
in many files in this section: click and listen.
This section is on correspondence between
four languages.
Bur-Myan (Burmese speech in Myanmar script) : {...}
Eng-Lat (English speech in Latin script) : <...>
Mon-Myan (Mon speech in Myanmar script) : <{...}>
Pal-Myan (Pali speech in Myanmar script), and
Skt-Dev (Sanskrit speech in Devanagari script : «...» .
Romabama (Burmese speech in Latin script) is tested as a tool to study Mon-Myan. - UKT130327
Note 130501: This website originated as a family website of the Tun Family whose
members are now spread out in Canada, Myanmar, and Singapore.
Section 1
English phonetics -
Eng-phon-indx.htm
English pronunciation guide -
EPG-indx.htm
English pronouncing dictionary -
DJPD16-indx.htm
English idioms of native-speakers --
EIDIOM-TXT-indx.htm
English Grammar in Plain Language -
EGPE-indx.htm
Section 2 :
Myanmar languages
¤ Speaking Mon-Myan Language --
MV1874-indx.htm
based on three sources:
1. Learn Mon Yourself : 61 lessons: --
http://www.youtube.com/ (link chk 130311)
2. Grammatical notes and Vocabulary
of the Peguan Language
- Haswell, J.M., American Mission
Press, Rangoon, 1874 (hardcopy in TIL
lib.), and its sequel
3. A vocab of English
& Peguan with some geographical
names
- Stevens, E.O., 1896
(digitized by Google). Go online to:
- online:
http://archive.org/details/avocabularyengl00stevgoog /
(link chk 130311)
- downloaded file in TIL library:
avocabularyengl00stevgoog.pdf 137
pdf pages (link chk 130315)
¤ Introduction to Romabama -
RBM-intro-indx.htm
¤ Romabama on Typewriter (emphasizing
ASCII fonts used) -
RBM-typewrit-indx.htm
¤ Romabama collection -
RBM-COLLECT-indx.htm
The links within the above
group still need cleaning up. -- 121202
¤ Burmese for Foreign Friends
-
B4FF1-indx.htm
A teaching program by
U Kyaw Tun and Daw Than Than,
ver01, 1991, new ed. with sound files
¤ Burmese Grammar and Grammatical
Analysis 1899 -
BG1899-indx.htm
by A. W. Lonsdale, Rangoon:
British Burma Press, 1899 xii, 461, in
two parts.
Part 1. Orthoepy and orthography;
Part 2. Accidence and syntax
Note: I will have to go over
Lonsdale's work thoroughly
because it has not been updated
for a long time. -- UKT 121212
¤ MLC Burmese Grammar (in Bur-Myan) -
BG-MLC-indx.htm
Vol 1. For Middle school;
Vol 2. For High school; Vol 3. For University
Note: In each folder, there
are two files: e.g. BG-MLC1-1.htm (Engl)
& BGo1-1.htm (Bur)
¤ MLC Burmese Orthography 1st ed
1986 (in Bur-Myan) -
BO-MLC-indx.htm
Section 3 : TIL Pali and Sanskrit
dictionaries (in akshara-order)
• TIL Pali-English dictionary (in akshara-order)
--
PED-indx.htm
• TIL Sanskrit dictionary (in akshara-order) --
SED-indx.htm
• Introduction to Romabama - the
inter-language of BEPS --
RBM-INTRO-indx.htm
(Burmese-English-Pali-Sanskrit speeches
in Myanmar-IPA-Devanagari scripts).
Beginning 130110,
I am learning the Mon speech written in
Myanmar script, or Mon-Myan. I can now
longer rely on my wife who died in 2004.
I have only online sources which are
not adequate. During the learning period,
collecting my notes, RBM-INTRO will not
be uploaded to TIL Internet website.
Section 4 :
Source Dictionaries (TOC given in
phonemic (abugida) order. )
Pali dictionaries :
¤ U Myat Kyaw & U San Lwin,
A Pal-Myan-Engl Dict. of Noble Words
of Buddha
-
PED-MK-indx.htm
An excellent source to get
Pal-Myan spellings.
Lost since 2010, it is now presented
in new format -- UKT130218
¤ U Pe Maung Tin, The Student's
Pali English dictionary , 1920, -
PMT-indx.htm - continuing work.
¤ PTS Pali-English dictionary, 1921,
PTS-indx.htm - vowels complete
(to be checked with A Dictionary
of the Pali Language, by R.C. Childers,
reprint 2007
Sanskrit dictionaries :
¤ Vaman Shivaram Apte (1858-1892),.
The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary,
http://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/getobject.pl?p.0:0.apte 130222
-- under consideration
¤ Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English
dictionary, 1899.
MW-indx.htm - complete
¤ A. A. Macdonell A Practical Sanskrit
dictionary, 1893.
MC-indx.htm - continuing
¤ Edgerton, Franklin, Buddhist Hybrid
Sanskrit Grammar and Dictionary -
under consideration
¤ Reverse Sanskrit Dictionary :
Rückläufiges Sanskrit-Wörterbuch
to search for Sanskrit words ending with
a certain word or ending
--
http://www.sanskritweb.net/sansdocs/reverse1.pdf 1211223
A downloaded copy of this dictionary in
TIL library C:\~~Lib-Skt\Sanskrit\ReverseSktDict\
reverse1.pdf
ENGLISH
• TIL English Grammar -
TIL-Gram-indx.htm
A compilation by U Kyaw Tun
(M.S., I.P.S.T., USA) and staff of TIL,
principal source: HyperGrammar
from the Writing Centre of University of Ottawa,
• Essays written for TIL --
E-Essays-indx.htm
-- Nguyen Thi Van Lam, Vinh University, Vietnam,
Guest writer for TIL: May 2004-Jul 2007
COMPUTER ASSISTED TEACHING OF ENGLISH
(this is now included as a section under
ROMABAMA, indx-GPE.htm - 080809,
121123)
GRAMMAR GLOSSARY --
GramGloss-indx.htm
• Grammar Glossary includes items relating
to the grammars of Burmese, English,
Pali, Sanskrit, etc.
It also embraces topics from Linguistics,
Phonetics, and the Human Voice.
HUMAN VOICE -
indx-HV.htm
Principles of Phonetics and Phonology -- the most important prerequisite for
language teachers and students.
LANGUAGE ACQUISITION AND TEACHING -
LAT4M.htm (update: 080809)
The second most important prerequisite for language teachers and students.
This section is a collection of works on
applied linguistics from the point of view
of Burmese speaking Myanmars. You will
also find teaching ESL to
Burmese speakers both inside and outside
the country of Myanmar.
LANGUAGE AND MEANING -
lang-mean-indx.htm
LANGUAGE AND RELIGION -
lang-relig-indx.htm
LANGUAGE AND THOUGHT -
lang-thot-indx.htm
Folder name for LANGUAGE AND RELIGION as
ban-skt-indx.htm
is changed to
lang-relig-indx.htm
because there are other files on:
¤ Language problem of primitive Buddhism -
lang-probl.htm
¤ Mahabharata - Mahabha.htm
¤ Bhagavagītā - Gita.htm
¤ Early Buddhism and Bhagavagītā -
Budd-Gita.htm
¤ Mahayana Buddhism and Vajrayana Buddhism -
mahayana.htm
LINGUISTICS -
indx-linguistics.htm
Scripts, Brahmi, and other topics.
MYANMAR : a collection of papers
now split into the following five
¤ Folk Elements in Buddhism --
flk-ele-indx.htm
¤ General --
myn-indx.htm
¤ Geography & Geology --
geo-indx.htm
¤ Prehistory --
prehist-indx.htm
A new addition, Burma before
Pagan by M. Aung-Thwein, has been added
-- to be uploaded later.
UKT 130305
¤ Unified Myanmarpré before the British
incursion --
sanger-indx.htm
MYANMAR MEDICINAL PLANTS DATABASE (MMPD)
¤ MMPD Burmese-Myanmar Akshara index --
MMPD-indx.htm
A compilation by U Kyaw Tun, U Pe Than,
and staff of TIL.
¤ MMPD Genus-Species Alphabetical index --
MMPD-alph-indx.htm
changed, and names given
by LèýSeikShin may no longer be current.
CAUTION: A plant is named by
Family/Genus/Species. However, it can have
its family and/or genus
UKT note to TIL editor: the following
two indices are so intertwined that to
separate them would be
a major task. Don't meddle
with them unless you have at least two
assistants to assist you.
• Over 200 species of plants are listed
in this DB.
• The compilation is based on publications,
both in Bur-Myan and English, which are not
readily available
outside Myanmar. The Bur-Myan
(& Romabama) names are in accordance
with the names listed
by MLC (Myanmar Language Commission).
However,
be careful of MLC transcriptions, where
the phoneme /ʃ/ pronounced as
<sh> is given as
{ra. ha.hto:}. This is because
Bur-Myan Palatal-stop {sa.} cannot take
a {ha.hto:}, and MLC has to use
the Dental-fricative {ra.}
/r/ with a {ha.hto:}. This is wrong
phonetically. MLC should adopt a new glyph
to stand for /ʃ/.
Otherwise, the Bur-Myan word for 'gold',
would continued to be spelled {rhwé} in
Bur-Myan.
• The family names have been updated to
those given in A Checklist of the Trees,
Shrubs, Herbs, and Climbers of Myanmar
(Chklist) --by W. J. Kress,
R. A. DeFillipps, Ellen Farr, and
Daw Yin Yin Kyi, (Revised from the
original works by J.H. Lace, R. Rodgers,
H.G. Hundley, and U Chit Ko Ko, on the
"List of Trees, Shrubs, Herbs
and Principal Climbers, etc. Recorded
from Burma"), Department of
Systematic Biology - Botany, National
Museum of Natural History, Washington,
DC, 2003, pp 590.Online:
http://persoon.si.edu/myanmar/index.cfm
• Some of the Myanmar sources:
- Botanical Names of Myanmar Plants
of Importance, an Index in order of
Bur-Myan akshara, by Agricultural Department
(Planning), Government of Union of Myanmar,
2000, pp 65.
- Medicinal Plants of Burma
(LSR) (in Burmese) {lèý-seik-rhing:},
(former name: Agricultural
Department, Government of Burma) 1978, pp 513
- Pictorial Herbal Dictionary
(in Bur-Myan) by Shin
Nagathein,
vols. 1 to 4, 1976.
- Burmese Indigenous Medicinal Plants
(in English) by Daw Mya Bwin and U Sein Gwan,
Pharmacology Research Division, Department
of Medical Research, Ministry of Health,
Rangoon, 1973.
ROMABAMA COLLECTION --
RBM-COLLEC-indx
This collection of works was originally
created 070724 in London, Ontario, to help
me change Romabama from a transliteration
to transcription. Now (121205) that Romabama
has become a reliable transcription, many
files have been put in folders of their own.
ROMABAMA COLLECTION folder used to contain
the following of which only some are left :
• Romabama:
Rules for transliteration of Burmese-Myanmar
akshara into Latin alphabet
•• Romabama Theory:
¤ The Human Voice
¤ DJPD16
¤ Phonation types
Note: "Romabama Theory" upgraded moved out
as a new folder "Human Voice": the section
heading "Romabama Theory" no longer used since 091221.
See under TIL main index: indx-HV.htm
• Priority of Speech
¤ "Speech Versus Writing"
¤ The Dogma of the Priority
• Language of Gautama Buddha
¤ The Language Problem of Primitive Buddhism
¤ Edicts of King Asoka
¤ Ashoka the Great
• Burmese and English:
¤ Grammar Glossary -- indx-GramGloss.htm
Note: Entered into a new folder on 091221.
See under TIL main index: indx-GramGloss.htm
• Burmese-Myanmar language:
¤ Grammar 1
¤ Grammar 2
The following 3 moved under
TIL main index on 121118
¤ Burmese Grammar and Grammatical Analysis
(Burmese Grammar 1899, Part 1)
¤ Orthography
¤ Burmese For Foreign Friends : Introduction to
the language and culture
• English-Latin language:
(CATE - Computer Assisted Teaching of English)
¤ English idioms
The following 1 moved under main index 121118
¤ Grammar in Plain Language
• Pali-Myanmar language:
¤ Grammar
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U Kyaw Tun
• Founder of TIL
• Retired Professor of Chemistry
• Interests: Linguistics. Chemistry and Chemical Technology.
Computer and Internet Tech
Daw Than Than (1931-2004)
• Co-founder of TIL
• Retired Instructor in Chemistry
• Painter
• Interests: Than's Gallery: Room 1 |
Room 2 |
Room 3
Dr. Zin Tun
• National Research Council Canada
• Interests:
Physics. Neutron scattering
See a list of publications by Dr. Zin Tun
from 1982 to the present (2012) is included.
Daw Nini Tun
• Technical Manager, TIL Computing and Language Centre, Yangon, Myanmar
• Interests: Sample of webpages designed by TIL team in Yangon.
Teaching of Biology at high school level
•
Distance Education
-- Daw Nini Tun, Daw Thetthet Theinthan
Sample of teaching biology on Internet
• Designs
-- Daw Nini Tun, Daw Thetthet Theinthan
Maung Kan Tun
Maung Thit Tun
• Tun family home in Canada
U Khin Maung Latt
• Lecturer and author
Daw Khin Myo Chit
• Author - See
Biographical sketch by Dr. Khin Maung Win
• Some publications:
Her Infinite Variety and other stories - preface
Stories and Sketches of Myanmar - preface
Thirteen Carat Diamond and other stories - preface
Electra-triumphs.htm
Facets-at-Shwedagon.htm
Homepage_DawKhinMChit.htm
Dr. Khin Maung Win
• Advisor, Mathematics Department,
Yangon University
• Retired Professor of Mathematics
•
Papers on Mathematics
Homepage_KMW.htm
See: Tun family home in Canada
Update:
2013-05-08 12:41 AM +0630
jtun@bell.net -
Canada home
tunzinni@gmail.com - Yangon office
jtun@sympatico.ca - no longer
working
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