A Grammar and Dictionary of The Lushai Language: (Dulien Dialect)

About the Book:- James Herbert Lorrain and F.W. Savidge were credited to the establishment of Christianity and education in Mizoram. They compiled the first Lushai grammar and dictionary. As a gifted lexicographer, Lorrain single-handedly was responsible for the origin of written language and hymns in Mizo. More popularly known as Pu Buanga Dictionary, Dictionary of the Lushai Language became the foundation of Mizo language and literature. The Mizo language, or Mizo ṭawng, is a Kuki-Chin-Mizo language belonging to the Tibeto-Burman family of languages, spoken natively by the Mizo people in the Mizoram state of India and Chin State in Myanmar. The language is also known as Duhlian and Lushai, About the Author:- James Herbert Lorrain, or Pu Buanga, (6 February 1870 – 1 July 1944) was a Scottish Baptist missionary in northeast India, including Mizoram, Assam, and Arunachal Pradesh. He and Frederick William Savidge reduced the Lushai language (a Colonial British name, present Mizo language) to writing—devised an alphabet using Roman lettering and phonetic form of spelling based on Hunterian system translation; compiled grammar and dictionaries for missionary activities and clerical administration. Lorrain was brought up in South London as a Congregationalist. He was baptised at a young age. His father was a postmaster at London Post Office. Following his father's profession, he worked as a telegraphist in the same post office. His family was a member of London Highgate Road Baptist Church. Here he met F.W. Savidge in 1890. The Title 'A Grammar and Dictionary of The Lushai Language: (Dulien Dialect) written/authored/edited by J. Herbert Lorrain, Fred. W. Savidge', published in the year 2021. The ISBN 9788121220934 is assigned to the Paperback version of this title. This book has total of pp. 354 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in LUSHAI, English. The subject of this book is . Size of the book is 13.34 x 21.59 cms Vol:-