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By: Smalley, William A., Chia Koua Vang & Gnia Yee Yang

The Origin and Development of A Hmong Messianic Script

In February of 1971, in the Laotian village of Nam Chia, a forty-one year old farmer named Shong Lue Yang was assassinated by government soldiers. Shong Lue claimed to have been descended of God and given the mission of delivering the first true Hmong alphabet. Many believed him to be the Hmong peopleâ€™s long-awaited messiah, and his thousands of followers knew him as â€œMother (Source) of Writingâ€. This work provides a nontechnical linguistic analysis of the script and a survey of its current use. In addition, it gives an intriguing cultural account of Shong Lueâ€™s life. The book traces the twenty-year-long struggle to disseminate the script after Shong Lueâ€™s death, first by handwriting, then by primitive movable type, an abortive attempt to design a wooden typewriter, and finally by modern word processing. In a moving concluding chapter, Smalley discusses his own complex feelings about his coauthorsâ€™ story.

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ISBN:	9780226762876
AUTHOR	Smalley, William A., Chia Koua Vang & Gnia Yee Yang
RELEASED	2006-03-18

PRINT	Chicago 1990,
WL CODE	I5731
SIZE	232 pp., 150 x 228 mm
BOOK WEIGHT	0.385 Kg
PACKING WEIGHT	0.200 Kg

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