Kitamura Hajime (北村甫, 1923–2004) was a Japanese
linguist
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who particularly focused on the
Lhasa
Lhasa (; Lhasa dialect: ; bo, text=ལྷ་ས, translation=Place of Gods) is the urban center of the prefecture-level Lhasa City and the administrative capital of Tibet Autonomous Region in Southwest China. The inner urban area of Lhas ...
dialect of
Tibetan. He published both a
grammar
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and a
dictionary of
Lhasa Tibetan
Lhasa Tibetan (), or Standard Tibetan, is the Tibetan dialect spoken by educated people of Lhasa, the capital of the Tibetan Autonomous Region of China. It is an official language of the Tibet Autonomous Region.
In the traditional "three-branc ...
. He was employed at the
Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
, often referred to as TUFS, is a specialist research university in Fuchū, Tokyo, Japan.
TUFS is primarily devoted to foreign language, international affairs and foreign studies. It also features an Asia-African institution.
History
The Uni ...
at the Institute of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa.
Works
*Kitamura, Hajime (1960) チベット文字轉寫とチベット語表記
*Kitamura, Hajime (1964). Gendai Chibettogo kōgo nyūmon tekisuto (sōan). Yunesuko Higashi Ajia Bunka Kenkyū Sentā, Tōyō Bunko.
*Kitamura, Hajime (1969) 『五体清文鑑』 のチベット語について: 中間報告
*Kitamura, Hajime (1974). Gendai Chibettogo no hatsuon. (Pronunciation of Modern Tibetan) ILCAA, 1974.
*Kitamura, Hajime (1974). Chibetto moji nyumon. (Introduction to Tibetan Scripts) ILCAA, 1974.
*Kitamura, Hajime (1974). Gendai Chibettogo no kaiwa. (Conversation of Modern Tibetan) ILCAA, 1974
*Kitamura, Hajime (1975). "The Honorifics in Tibetan." Acta Asiatica 29: 56-74.
*Kitamura, Hajime (1975) 現代チベット語の研修について (昭和 49 年度言語研修報告)
*Kitamura, Hajime (1977). Tibetan: Lhasa Dialect. Tokyo: Asia Africa Gengo Bunka Kenkyūjo, Tokyo Gaikokugo Daigaku.
*Kitamura, Hajime (1981) 日本学術振興会言語学訪中団報告
*Kitamura, Hajime (1990). 現代チベット語分類辞典
References
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1923 births
2004 deaths
Tibetologists
Linguists from Japan
20th-century linguists