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Students in Pengbuxi Township using Kham Aid's Minyak primer.

Kham Aid Foundation
Minyak Language Preservation Project
Sponsored by grant from the Genographic Legacy Fund

The aim of this project is to stop the Minyak language from disappearing and to create classroom materials so it can be taught to the next generation.

Click on the following links for more information:

• FINAL REPORT  January, 2010
• Classroom testing starts April, 2009
• Progress report July, 2008.
• Minyak words and phrases, with translations in Tibetan, Chinese, and English (pdf format).
• Recording of Minyak speech (wav format).
• Project Announcement January, 2008.
• See also: Preserving art and architecture in the Minyak region of Kham
• An external resource is audio recordings of Minyak folktales on digitalhimalaya.com.