Dictionary of Kammu Y�an Language and Culture (Nordic Institute of Asian Studies Nias Reference Library, 6) - Hardcover

Svantesson, Jan-Olof; R�w, K�m; Lindell, Kristina; Lundstrom, H�kan

9788776941161: Dictionary of Kammu Y�an Language and Culture (Nordic Institute of Asian Studies Nias Reference Library, 6)

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Publisher: NIAS Press, 2013

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By retaining their orally based culture through to the present day, the Kammu of northern Laos and adjacent parts of Vietnam, Thailand, and China have long been recognized as a repository for much that has been lost or ignored in the literate cultures of their lowland neighbors. Ostensibly, this is a dictionary of the Y�an dialect of Kammu but the reality is far more: a vast, encyclopaedic reference work that details not only some 13,000 words but also describes all aspects of Kammu life, including rites and ceremonies, implements, plants, and animals. The richness of this detail is largely based on author K�m R�w’s personal knowledge and experience as a Kammu hunter, swidden farmer, and shaman.

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About the Author

Kam Raw (1938 - 2011) grew up in a Kammu village in northern Laos. He came to Sweden in 1974 to work in Kristina Lindell's Kammu project. Under his Lao name Damrong Tayanin, he was the author or co-author of several books on Kammu folktales and the traditional Kammu lifestyle. Kristina Lindell (1928 - 2005) was Senior Lecturer in Chinese at Lund University, where she started the Kammu project (including work on this dictionary) in 1972. Her main research interest was in oral literature. Together with Kam Raw and folklorist Jan-Ojvind Swahn she wrote six books on Kammu oral literature, and several other works on the Kammu. Hakan Lundstrom is Dean of the Malmo Faculty of Fine and Performing Arts, Lund University. His research specialization is in ethnomusicology and he has written about song, music and music terminology among the Kammu. Jan-Olof Svantesson is Emeritus Professor of General Linguistics at Lund University in Sweden. His main research interests are in Asian languages, especially Kammu and Mongolian.

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