Mother of Writing The Origin and Development of a Hmong Messianic Script

Name: Mother of Writing The Origin and Development of a Hmong Messianic Script
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ISBN: 9780226762876

ISBN-10: 0226762874

ISBN-13: 9780226762876

Edition: 1990

Authors: William A. Smalley, Chia Koua Vang, Gnia Yee Yang, Mitt Moua

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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 people's long-awaited messiah, and his thousands of followers knew him as "Mother (Source) of Writing." An anthropological linguist who has worked among the Hmong, William A. Smalley joins Shong Lue's chief disciple, Chia Koua Vang, and one of his associates, to tell the fascinating story of how the previously unschooled farmer developed his remarkable writing system through four stages of…

Book details

List price: $33.00
Copyright year: 1990
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 6/15/1990
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 229
Size: 0.59" wide x 0.89" long x 0.06" tall
Weight: 0.814
Language: English

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