Dictionary of Wa (2 Vols) - With Translations Into English, Burmese and Chinese

Compiled from a digitised corpus of printed texts from the Wa-speaking areas on both sides of the the Burma-China border, The Dictionary of Wa translates some 12,000 headwords from the northern Mon-Khmer language Wa into Burmese, Chinese and English.

About the author

Justin Watkins has taught Burmese and linguistics at SOAS, University of London since 1999. His research focuses on the languages spoken in Burma/Myanmar, most recently Wa, Khumi and Sumtu.

Product details

• Authors: Justin Watkins
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.11.2013
• EAN: 9789004255777
• ISBN: 978-90-04-25577-7
• No. of pages: 1212
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 241 mm x 71 mm
• Weight: 2087 g
• Series: Handbook of Oriental Studies.
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Foreign-language dictionaries