Lukol Directory: Society: Folklore: Literature: Proverbs and Sayings: Asian

Tibetan Proverbs
Book presentation with three sample pages.
http://www.appletree.ie/projects/tbprov/tb...

Uchina Wisdom - Okinawan Proverbs
Excerpted from "The Okinawan Mind in Proverbs", by Zenko Shimabukuro.
http://www.okinawa.com/proverbs.html

Gender-Related Lanna (Northern Thai) Proverbs
Taken from Samorn Jenjija's book "Pha-sit-Lanna", in Lanna with Thai and English translations and explanations; includes soundfiles (WAV).
http://www.busakorn.addr.com/lanna/lannapr...

Nihon no Kotowaza
Japanese proverbs and idioms with translation, explanation and sound files (WAV format).
http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/5623/kotowj...

Mongolia Today: Wisdom of Nomads
Seven Mongolian proverbs (in transcription) with English translation.
http://www.mongoliatoday.com/issue/1/wisdo...

Sexuality, Unchastity and Fertility: Economy of Production and Reproduction in Colonial Haryana
Article by Prem Chowdhry on widow remarriage in Punjab, illustrated with proverbs.
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/Organizations/...

Index of Kashmiri Proverbs
Large, alphabetically ordered collection, including sayings from Sufis of Kashmir (in Kashmiri with English translation and explanation).
http://www.kashmir.net/treasure/proverbs/

The Boneless Tongue of Assamese Proverbs
Article by Prasun Sonwalkar, published in The Times of India (Assamese transcription with English translation).
http://www.assam.org/assam/language/prover...

Uyghur Makhaliler - Uighur Proverbs
Compiled by Tughluk and Clara Abdurazak.
http://www.geocities.com/uighurlanguage/Ui...

Vietnamese Proverbs
In Vietnamese with English translation and explanation, brought together by Jan Dodd.
http://www.adoptvietnam.org/vietnamese/pro...

Thai Proverbs and Sayings
Proverbs in Thai script with transcription, translation into English and equivalent or explanation.
http://www.into-asia.com/thai_language/tha...

Mongolia Today: Wisdom of Nomads
Ten Mongolian proverbs (in transcription) with English translation.
http://www.mongoliatoday.com/issue/3/wisto...

Vietnamese Proverbs
Vietnamese proverbs with English equivalents.
http://sweb.uky.edu/~mnguy2/VNproverbs.htm

Tibet Digital Library
Favorite verses, proverbs and riddles (in English).
http://www.crosby-lundin.com/tibet/culture...

Common Malay Proverbs
In Malay with English translation and explanation, contributed by Siswahani Saban.
http://www.kampungnet.com.sg/modules.php?o...





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