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Aung Thaw
Aung Thaw ( my, အောင်သော် ; born c. 1920) is a Burmese archaeologist and Emeritus Director-General of the Archaeological Survey of Burma. Between 1959 and 1968, he excavated and studied intensely the historical site of Beikthano Beikthano ( my, ဗိဿနိုး, , also known as Panhtwa city), is situated in the irrigated Magway Region, near present-day Taungdwingyi. In the era of the Pyu city-states it was a city of considerable significance, possibly a local capital ... (Peikthanomyo). He published many works which are today seen as authoritative papers on this site including a ''Preliminary report on the excavation at Peikthanomyo'' and his conclusive findings in 1968. In 1972, he published a book on ''Historical sites in Burma'' and in 1993 co-authored a book on ''Ancient Myanmar Cities'' with Than Shwe, Sein Maung Oo, and Myint Aung. References 1930s births Living people Burmese archaeologists {{Burma-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burma
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explains, the English spellings of both Myanmar and Burma assume a non-rhotic variety of English, in which the letter r before a consonant or finally serves merely to indicate a long vowel: mjænmɑː, ˈbɜːmə So the pronunciation of the last syllable of Myanmar as ɑːror of Burma as ɜːrməby some speakers in the UK and most speakers in North America is in fact a spelling pronunciation based on a misunderstanding of non-rhotic spelling conventions. The final ''r'' in ''Myanmar'' was not intended for pronunciation and is there to ensure that the final a is pronounced with the broad ''ah'' () in "father". If the Burmese name my, မြန်မာ, label=none were spelled "Myanma" in English, this would be pronounced at the end by all ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |