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Hunza Proverbs Etienne Tiffou ISBN 1895176298 $19.95 paper November 1993 ix + 252 pages 2 maps About the Book Etienne Tiffou has provided here a critical review of proverbs and riddles in the Burushaski language of the Hunza Valley, site of the legendary Shangri-la. Each entry is accompanied by linguistic and ethnologic commentaries. There are over 550 proverbs, riddles and manners of expression ...

Anderson, Gregory D.S. 1997. Burushaski Phonology. Alan S. Kaye & Peter T. Daniels (eds.). Phonologies of Asia and Africa (Including the Caucasus). Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns. 1021-41 Backstron, Peter C. 1992. Burushaski. Peter C. Backstrom & Carla F. Radloff. Languages of Northern Areas. Islamabad: National Institute of Pakistan Studies and Summer Institute of Linguistics. (Sociolinguistic ...

Burushaski Sample: Translation: I shall tell the story of a man called Faqir Ali. He had a son, his name was Derbesho. He was staying at the Shishper grazing ground. One day he took the goats off to graze in the direction of Hunumun Mun. Leaving the goats in the pasture, he laid himself down. When he had lain down and had gone to sleep, a call came: Derbesho! Derbesho! He woke up. On waking up ...

LINGUIST List 5.221 Thu 24 Feb 1994 Sum: Burushaski Editor for this issue: Directory , Sum: Burushaski Message 1: Sum: Burushaski Date: Wed, 23 Feb 1994 12:44:36 Sum: Burushaski From: pmfarrell@ucdavis.edu Subject: Sum: Burushaski Thanks to everyone who responded to the request for information on Burushaski posted on LINGUIST by Dr. Farrell. Here is a list of the references I have found so ...