From: Piya Tan
Message: 12010
Date: 2008-01-25
On Jan 25, 2008 2:59 PM, Jon Fernquest <bayinnaung@...> wrote:
> In a previous thread (History of the word "Aryan") Piya Tan suggests:
>
> "I think we should stop speaking English here, and start using Pali. After
>
> all this is a Pali website."
>
> I would like to do this, but has a spoken Pali primer ever been written?
>
> I once asked a former monk friend of mine how to say some simple
> phrases and even though he can read Pali very well, he wasn't able to
> produce spoken Pali. Does anyone speak Pali anymore? When did they in
> the past?
>
> This reminds me of a **Pali phrase book** used to help beginners
> communicate in Pali, that I found at a bookseller in Yangon, Burma
> several years ago, that was published in Sri Lanka.
>
> Has anyone ever seen such a thing or know where it can be obtained?
>
> Sincerely,
> Jon
>
>
>
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