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This first dictionary of the Temiar language
represents the combined effort of a team of seven Temiar
collaborators working with Nathalie Means over a
period of almost a decade on a project to put the
Temiar language into written form. The Temiar are
one of the aboriginal tribes of West Malaysia. The
Temiar are counted as one of the Orang Asli tribal
groups, and they are the second largest of the Orang
Asli groups, inhabiting the highland areas of Kelantan
and Perak.
The dictionary provides full reference and
definitions from Temiar to English and English to Temiar
for over 2,600 Temiar root words and over 3,800 derivative
words.
The Foreword to the dictionary is written
by Andrew Hickson in both Temiar and English. He is
the son of the anthropologist Sue Jennings who wrote
the book: THEATRE AND RITUAL TRANSFORMATION: THE SENOI
TEMIARS (London: Routledge, 1995). Andrew Hickson
lived in a Temiar village for a number of years and
learned to speak Temiar. He says the following about
the Dictionary:
"I heartily recommend this dictionary as a good starting
point for people wishing to learn the Temiar language
and for Temiars wishing to learn English. It is accessible,
well laid out and informative."
The dictionary is 175 pages bound in soft cover.
It has the following Table of Contents:
CONTENTS
Andrew Hickson nemtuh ames kui Temiar 1
Foreword by Andrew Hickson 2
Introduction 4
Basic Grammar and Guide to the Temiar Language 6
Linguistic Structure 6
Pronunciation 6
Adjectives 8
Pronouns 8
Nouns 11
Verbs 12
Adverbs 13
Prefixes, Suffixes and Infixes 14
Numerals 16
Abbreviations 17
TEMIAR-ENGLISH 19
ENGLISH-TEMIAR 111
Select Bibliography on the Temiar People 174
The price of the TEMIAR-ENGLISH, ENGLISH-TEMIAR
DICTIONARY is US$19.95. Postage (surface mail "book rate)
and packaging charges from Minnesota, USA are as follows:
U.S.A. & Canada p&p US$3.00 total US$22.95
Europe & Latin America p&p $4.00 total US$23.95
Asia & Australia p&p $5.00 total US$24.95
This volume can be ordered directly from:
THE TEMIAR FUND
c/o Gordon P. Means, 110932 Von Hertzen Circle, Chaska, MN 55318-2704, U.S.A.
A US dollar bank draft or postal money order in US dollars,
made out to "THE TEMIAR FUND" should accompany all book orders.
After February 1999, the volume may be ordered or purchased
from the Southeast Asian distributor:
SELECT BOOKS, 19 Tanglin Road, 03-15 Tanglin Shopping Centre
Singapore 247909, Tel: (65) 732-1515; Fax (65) 736-0855
E-mailSelect Books
Note: All proceeds from sales of this volume will go first to
the recovery of publishing and distribution costs of this
volume. Thereafter, all additional proceeds will be donated
by THE TEMIAR FUND for the support of programmes to assist the
Orang Asli and promote their wellbeing and continuity as a
people. Some copies of the Temiar Dictionary will be sent to
Malaysia for distribution at minimal cost to Temiars in order to
promote adult literacy and the use of Temiar as a written
language of communication among the Temiar people.
Enquiries concerning orders for THE TEMIAR-ENGLISH,
ENGLISH-TEMIAR DICTIONARY can be sent via email to:
Gordon Means
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