Burmese: An Introduction to the Script

John Okell, Saw Tun, Khin Mya Swe, Northern Illinois University Center for Southeast Asian Studies

ISBN 10: 1877979430 / ISBN 13: 9781877979439

Published by Northern Illinois University, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, 1994

About this Item

NB : Book only, lacks cassettes (audio is available online). xviii, 428 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.

Seller Inventory # jw819

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Burmese: An Introduction to the Script
• Publisher: Northern Illinois University, Center for Southeast Asian Studies
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1877979430
• ISBN 13: 9781877979439
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Southeast Asia
  • Language

About this title

Synopsis

This book enables students with no previous knowledge of Burmese to become competent in reading and writing Burmese script. Includes 7 audio cassette tapes (to be upgraded to audio and MP3 CDs in 2008).

About the Author

John Okell, a graduate of The Queen's College, Oxford, is lecturer emeritus in Burmese at the University of London's School of Oriental and Asian Studies. He is the author of numerous articles on Burmese grammar, linguistics, and lexicography as well as First Steps in Burmese (1989), Burmese (Myanmar) Dictionary of Grammatical Forms (2001), A Guide to the Romanization of Burmese (2002), and A Reference Grammar of Colloquial Burmese (2002)