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English/Burmese, Hindustani, Tamil in English Characters (HC)
A Vocabulary English Burmese, Hindustani and Tamil in English Characters with the Burmese also in the native letters. To which are added a few setnences likely to be useful in daily life. Designed for the use of vistors and others who are not familiar with the language spoken in Burma.
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- ISBN
- 8120612493
- Details
- Entirely one-way (English headword ? equivalents in the three languages).All non-English words are given in both native script and Roman transliteration side-by-side.Approximately 4,0005,000 practical entries arranged alphabetically.Heavy emphasis on military, police, revenue, judicial, and everyday administrative vocabulary: ranks and titlescourt and legal terms (arrest, evidence, witness, fine, prison)revenue and land terms (cultivator, rent, boundary, irrigation) medical and healthfood, clothing, household itemsnumbers, time, directions, travel commandsIncludes many Anglo-Indian and colonial-era words still current in the 1860s (e.g., dacoit, thuggee, chowkey, peon).
- System requirements
- Hardcover, approx. 200 pages
- Weight
- 1.1 lb
- Shipping
- Usually ships in 45 days
- Product ID
- 46209