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Mother of writing : the origin and development of a Hmong messianic script / William A. Smalley, Chia Koua Vang, Gnia Yee Yang ; Mitt Moua, project translator.
LIBRA - Special PL3311.M5 S6 1990
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Smalley, William A. (William Allen), 1923-1997.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Yang, Shong Lue, -1971.
- Yang, Shong Lue.
- Hmong language--Alphabet.
- Hmong language.
- Hmong language--Writing.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xii, 221 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1990.
- Summary:
- This is the story of Shong Lue Yang, whose followers called him 'Mother Source+ of Writing, ' and of his creation of an alphabet for, not one, but two quite unrelated languages.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0226762866
- 0226762874
- OCLC:
- 20392024
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