Window onto a Vanished World: Lahu texts from Thailand in the 1960’s

James A. Matisoff. Edited by John B. Lowe and Charles Zhang
This extremely valuable collection of texts in the Lahu language represents the language and culture in the 1960’s, a time when the heritage language and culture were still vibrant and not yet globalized, hence the title Window on a Vanished World. It is also one of the largest collections of texts in any Tibeto-Burman language. The texts are available as a book and online with the audio (originally from 1960’s magnetic tape). This is a massive achievement for all involved in the recording, conversion, and editing.
James Matisoff, professor emeritus at UC Berkeley, is globally the most respected scholar in Tibeto-Burman studies, and particularly known for his extensive life-long work on the Lahu language. John Lowe earned his doctorate under Prof. Matisoff and is a computational linguist, librarian, and Tibeto-Burmanist. Charles Zhang is a recent graduate from UC Berkeley in mathematics and linguistics and currently works in quantum computing.
978-1-68040-061-8
8.5×11. 1254 pp. Notes. Bib.
Typology (Linguistics).
May 2022