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Dictionary of the Kameh language

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The Dictionary of the Kameh language
Object typeManuscript
MaterialPaper
PeriodCompiled 1830
Holding institutionBritish Library
Catalogue referenceOr 13577
SubjectsLanguage & Literacy; History & Remembrance

The Dictionary of the Kameh language is a Khmer manuscript in the collection of the British Library, catalogued as Or 13577. (British Library)

Description

The manuscript is an early Khmer-English word list of thirty folios, with Khmer entries accompanied by English translations. The British Library describes it as compiled in 1830, which makes it one of the earliest bilingual Khmer vocabularies in a European collection. (British Library)

Catalogue reference

The British Library records the object as Or 13577. The same record gives the material as paper and the period as compiled 1830. (British Library)

Provenance

The British Library records the volume as a dictionary of the Khmer language compiled in 1830 and holds it under the shelfmark Or 13577. (British Library)

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