grammar_of_the_shan_language
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- Title
- grammar_of_the_shan_language
- Author
- Rev J N Cushing
- Publication year listed
- 1871
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grammar_of_the_shan_language
Author: Rev. J.N. Cushing
Year: 1871
[Shan - တႆး] "ပပ်ႉ 'ပိူင်တမ်းလိၵ်ႈတႆး (Grammar of the Shan Language)' ၼႆႉ ပဵၼ်ၽိုၼ်လိၵ်ႈလမ်ႇလွင်ႈ ဢၼ်တႅမ်ႈဝႆႉလူၺ်ႈ Rev. J.N. Cushing မိူဝ်ႈပီ 1871 ၶႃႈယဝ်ႉ။ ပဵၼ်ပပ်ႉဢၼ်သပ်းလႅင်းၼႄ လွၵ်းလၢႆးပၢႆးပိူင်တမ်းလိၵ်ႈတႆး (Grammar) တေႃႇထိုင် လွၵ်းလၢႆးၵပ်းတူဝ်လိၵ်ႈတႆး ႁႂ်ႈပေႃးဢၢၼ်ႇလႆႈ တႅမ်ႈလႆႈၸွမ်းပိူင်။ မၼ်းပဵၼ် လၢႆးၵႄႈၶႆပၼ်ႁႃ တွၼ်ႈတႃႇႁႂ်ႈၵူၼ်းၼွၵ်ႈမိူင်း လႄႈ ၽူႈလဵပ်ႈႁဵၼ်းၽႃႇသႃႇၵႂၢမ်းၶဝ် ပွင်ႇၸႂ်လိၵ်ႈတႆး ၸႅင်ႈလႅင်း။ ၽိုၼ်လိၵ်ႈၼႆႉ မီးၵႃႈၶၼ်သုင်သုတ်း တွၼ်ႈတႃႇၵုမ်းထိင်း လႄႈ သိုပ်ႇလဵပ်ႈႁဵၼ်း ပိုၼ်းလိၵ်ႈလၢႆးတႆး ၵူႈပၢၼ်ပၢၼ်ၶႃႈယဝ်ႉ။" [English - English] "The 'Grammar of the Shan Language' , authored by Rev. J. N. Cushing and published in 1871, is a pioneering work in Tai linguistics. It represents the first systematic attempt to document the Shan (Tai Long) language for the Western world. The book covers orthography, phonology (including the complex tonal system), and the intricate syntax of the Shan language. This historical archive serves as a creative Problem Solving tool for linguistic preservation, providing a 19th-century perspective on the Shan script's structure. It remains an essential reference for historians, linguists, and anyone interested in the academic history of the Shan State."