Peguan language

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The Peguan language is a Mon language spoken in Bago in southeastern Burma (lower Burma).[1] The city of Bago was formerly called Pegu. In the late 1800s, Europeans' first contacts in Burma were with the people of Pegu. Most Europeans referred to the Pegu's language as "Peguan", though some called it Talaing.[2]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ "Mon language, or Peguan language, or Talaing language". Britannica. Encyclopedia Britannica online. Retrieved on 2007-09-20. 
  2. ^ Monic (lecture). Retrieved on 2007-09-21.

[edit] Further reading

  • Duroiselle, Charles. Talaing Nissayas. Canberra: National Library of Australia, [19--].
  • Forchhammer, Emanuel. Report for the Investigation, Collection and Preservation of Pali, Burmese, Sanscrit, and Talaing Literature in Burma. 1879.
  • Haswell, James Madison, and Edward Oliver Stevens. Grammatical Notes and Vocabulary of the Peguan Language, to Which Are Added a Few Pages of Phrases, &c. Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press, 1901.
  • Stevens, Edward Oliver. Talaing Spelling-Book. Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press, 1893.