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Download full textGoldstein, Melvyn C. Comp.; Narkyid, Ngawangthondup, Comp. – 1984
This English-Tibetan dictionary contains 16,000 main entries and subentries, a total of 45,000 lexical items. The dictionary is primarily oriented to spoken communication and was designed to be semantically sensitive, bridging the semantic gap between Tibetan and English. Tibetan terms corresponding to submeanings of English subterms are…
Descriptors: Dictionaries, English, Grammar, Orthographic Symbols
PENZL, HERBERT – 1962
AFTER A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO THE USE OF THIS READER AND A SUMMARY OF THE PASHTO LANGUAGE, THE AUTHOR PRESENTS 25 UNITS OF READING SELECTIONS AND CORRELATED EXERCISES. A TYPICAL LESSON CONSISTS OF--(1) A SHORT PASHTO TEXT IN TYPEWRITTEN ARABIC-PERSIAN FORM, (2) A ROMANIZED TRANSCRIPTION OF THIS TEXT INDICATING PRONUNCIATION, (3) A GLOSSARY OF NEW…
Descriptors: Alphabets, Beginning Reading, Grammar, Orthographic Symbols
PDF pending restorationPark, B. Nam – 1968
Volume I of the Korean Basic Course provides introductory materials for the student who wishes to achieve a working command of the language currently spoken by an estimated 40 to 43 million people on the Korean Peninsula and in Japan, Manchuria, and the Soviet Union. The linguistic content is based on the speech of educated Koreans in Seoul, the…
Descriptors: Grammar, Instructional Materials, Intensive Language Courses, Korean
Center for Applied Linguistics, Arlington, VA. – 1978
This guide is intended to familiarize Americans with the basic structure of Hmong sentences and with words or phrases that may be useful with Hmong refugees. Hmong is represented in the Romanized Popular Alphabet. Following a general discussion of pronunciation and tone in Hmong, the structure of basic, compound, and complex sentences is…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Alphabets, Grammar, Indochinese
PDF pending restorationAlli, William E. – 1975
This wordbook was prepared to help carry out the policy of the Agency for International Development to encourage Americans stationed abroad to learn the official language at their duty post. The book is intended to be a supplemental text for both private individual study and formal classroom instruction. The bulk of the publication is made up of…
Descriptors: Alphabets, Diacritical Marking, Dictionaries, English
PDF pending restorationMatson, Dan M. – 1971
Oriya, a language spoken by approximately 14 million Indians who live along the coast of the Bay of Bengal, is the subject of this introductory language text. The basic, grammatical framework of Oriya is developed in this volume. Presentation of the orthographic system is achieved through the Romanization of the Oriya alphabet. Short dialogues…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Ethnic Groups, Form Classes (Languages), Grammar
PDF pending restorationMatson, Dan M. – 1971
The purpose of this text is to teach the beginning student to use the Oriya writing system, used principally by some 14 million Indians who live along the coast of the Bay of Bengal. The 16 lessons are designed to enable the student to progress at his own speed and to keep a constant check on his control of the material covered. It is suggested…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Form Classes (Languages), Grammar, Grammar Translation Method
