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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
This book (hardcover) is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It
contains classical literature works from over two thousand years.
Most of these titles have been out of print and off the bookstore
shelves for decades. The book series is intended to preserve the
cultural legacy and to promote the timeless works of classical
literature. Readers of a TREDITION CLASSICS book support the
mission to save many of the amazing works of world literature from
oblivion. With this series, tredition intends to make thousands of
international literature classics available in printed format again
- worldwide.
This is the 1826 edition of the Burmese-English dictionary compiled
from a grammar and other manuscripts written by the American
Baptist missionary Adoniram Judson (1788-1850), with additional
content by fellow missionaries Felix Carey and James Coleman.
Prepared by the Baptist Mission Press while Judson was imprisoned
on suspicion of spying in Ava, it is the fruit of his work towards
making the written word an evangelistic tool. He was convinced from
the first that the translation and publication of Christian
scriptures and a familiarity with indigenous languages and customs
was the most effective and enduring form of evangelism, and to this
end he published a Burmese New Testament in 1832. Judson finished
compiling his groundbreaking and comprehensive bilingual dictionary
in 1849, shortly before his death. This earlier work, with
headwords in Burmese script followed by English definitions,
remains relevant in historical linguistics.
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