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Austroasiatic Crossbow
The Austroasiatic crossbow which is also known as the Hmong primitive bow, the ''Jarai crossbow'', or the Angkorian crossbow is a crossbow used for war and for hunting in Southeast Asia. It has become a symbol of pride and identity for ethnic groups from Burma to the confines of Indochina. Terminology The Austroasiatic crossbow is known as ''sna'' in Khmer, ''chrao'' in Brao ''hneev'' in Hmong, or ''hraŏ'' in Jarai. It is one of the few Austroasiatic loanwords found in Sino-Tibetan languages as linguists have found it to be related the Chinese crossbow known as ''nu'' () : "the Southern origin of this term is indisputable but the origin of the term is uncertain". History Fight of the origins: Austroasiatic vs. Chinese While the majority opinion is that the crossbow was of Chinese origin, there is another theory pointing towards an independent Southeast Asian origin for the crossbow based on the aforementioned linguistic evidence: Around the third century BC, King ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cham People
The Cham (Cham: ''Čaṃ'') or Champa people (Cham: , ''Urang Campa''; vi, Người Chăm or ; km, ជនជាតិចាម, ) are an Austronesian ethnic group. From the 2nd century to 1832 the Cham populated Champa, a contiguous territory of independent principalities in central and southern Vietnam. They spoke the Cham language and the Tsat language (the former is still spoken by the Cham, and the latter is spoken by their Utsul descendants, on China’s Hainan Island), two Chamic languages from the Malayo-Polynesian group of the Austronesian family. Chams and Malays are the only sizable Austronesian peoples that settled in Iron Age mainland Southeast Asia among the more ancient Austroasiatic inhabitants. History For a long time, researchers believed that the Chams had arrived by sea in the first millennium BC from Sumatra, Borneo and the Malay Peninsula, eventually settling in central modern Vietnam. The original Cham are therefore the likely heirs of Austro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
