KMAN LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS

 

This page provides links to a series of draft documents on the Kman language. All of these have been prepared in conjunction with the Kman Language Development Committee (KLDC).

 

Title

Status

Date

Images

Dictionary

Unpublished

2019

 

Grammar outline

Unpublished

2019

 

Kman ethnobotany

Unpublished

2019

 

Kman ethno-ophresiology; characterising taste and smell in a language of Arunachal Pradesh. In: Robbins Burling Festschrift. Mark Post & Stephen Morey eds. 353-365. Canberra:

Published

2016

 

 

 

 

 

Reading and writing Kman

Published

2018

 

Kman alphabet wallchart

Published

2018

 

Kman orthography

Unpublished

2017

 

 

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Das Guta, K. 1977. A phrase book in Miju. Shillong: Research Secretariat.

Dutta, D.K. 2012. The Miju-Mishmis of Arunachal Pradesh. Itanagar: Arunachal Pradesh Research Directorate. [NB Despite the publication date this did not become available until 2016]

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