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Description: Have you ever: · wondered how to address people with Asian names in emails and letters? · had difficulty entering Asian names into databases? · been unsure how to pronounce an Asian name? · felt embarrassed or rude because of difficulty with Asian names?
Success with Asian Names is a hands-on guide for teachers, administrators, librarians, health workers and anyone else who works regularly with people of Asian background.
Covering names from China, Korea, Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Japan, Malaysia, Indonesia, and key language groups from the Indian subcontinent, this is the essential reference guide to using Asian names correctly
Contents: Part One • Chapter 1 : What’s in a name? • Chapter 2: Understanding Asian languages: romanisation • Chapter 3: Adapting Asian names: anglicisation • Chapter 4: Managing Asian names • Part Two • Chapter 5: Chinese names • Chapter 6: Korean names • Chapter 7: Japanese names • Chapter 8: Vietnamese names • Chapter 9: Thai names • Chapter 10: Khmer names • Chapter 11: Hindi names • Chapter 12: Sikh names • Chapter 13: Tamil names • Chapter 14: Sinhalese names • Chapter 15: Pakistani names • Chapter 16: Bangladeshi names • Chapter 17: Malay names • Chapter 18 : Indonesian names • Part Three • Chapter 19: Which languages are spoken in Asian countries ? • Chapter 20: Which language is this name from? • Confucian names • Northern Indian and Indo-Chinese names • Names from South India and Sri Lanka • Names from Islamic Asia • Japanese names ISBN - 9781741148480
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Pages : 256
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