Minn Latt Explained

Htun Kyi, pen name Minn Latt Yekhaun (Burmese: မင်းလတ်; Rangoon, 19 July 1925-Shan State, c.1985) was a Burmese linguist who studied and published in Czechoslovakia.^[1] He returned to Burma to fight as a member of the Burmese Communist Party but was later shot by his own comrades.^{[2] [3]}

Works

• Latt. Minn. The Prague Method Romanization of Burmese. Archiv Orientální. 1958. 26. 145–167.

Notes and References

1. Jan Filipský Čeští a slovenští orientalisté, afrikanisté a iberoamerikanisté 1999 Page 332 "MINN LATT YEKHÁUN Maung (alias Htun Kyi) - barmský lingvista, literární historik, spisovatel a pedagog působící v Praze * 19. 7. 1925 Barma, f konec 80. let Barma Koncem 2. světové války se zúčastnil povstání proti japonské okupaci v ..."
2. Ronald A. Morse, Anita Hibler Burma: A Study Guide 1988- Page 43 "MINN LATT The origin of Burma studies in Czechoslovakia owes much to the pioneering work of a Burmese scholar, U Minn Latt (U Gtun Kyi, b. 1925). Minn Latt took his M.A. degree In 1953 from the Philosophical Faculty of Charles University ..."
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