[Tibeto-burman-linguistics] map of local language preschool programs in Myanmar in 2019

Zakaria Rehman rehman.zakaria at gmail.com
Sat Oct 16 03:39:42 UTC 2021


Looks fantastic, Nathan. Thanks for sharing.

Best,
Zakaria

শনি, ১৬ অক্টোবর, ২০২১ তারিখে ১১:৩৯ AM টায় তারিখে Nathan & Carey Statezni <
nathan_statezni at sil.org> লিখেছেন:

> Hi friends,
> I recently came across this map produced by MIMU and UNICEF in 2019
> showing which local language preschool programs are present by township
> across Myanmar.
>
>
> http://themimu.info/sites/themimu.info/files/documents/Maps_Coverage_of_Early_Learning_Materials_Development_in_Ethnic_Languages_Aug2019.pdf
>
>
> Two articles on Chin languages are here too:
> http://themimu.info/search/document?search=languages
>
> There are some errors, but this map is amazing because it shows:
>
>    - the incredible extent of language diversity in Myanmar (almost every
>    township!) and it doesn't even include Burmese variants like Danu, Dawei,
>    Intha, etc.
>
>    - the incredible extent of local language development efforts
>
> Paletwa Township in Chin State wins for the most diversity in a single
> township, and it is quite a diverse and literacy-active place. I expect,
> though, that Nanyun would win out if all the Tangshang Naga groups got
> organized this way.
>
> Some other things that would be nice to see (but not sure if the data is
> available):
>
>    - number of schools teaching other languages by township
>    - percent of schools teaching by township.
>    - a map like this for primary in-school instruction
>
> The English and Burmese Ethnologue and Chin State language maps have been
> taken down from the MIMU site for some reason. But they can still be
> accessed from my Google Drive:
>
> https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ronpePLaf0JPTSWRRN3NAGe3xV2AYbq9?usp=sharing
>
> Nathan
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