An Uyghur-English Dictionary (East Asian Research AIDS and Translations) (English and Uighur Edition)

Bellingham: Western Washington University, Center for East Asian Studies, 1992. - XXIV, 1083 p.ISBN: 0-914584-898This dictionary is primarily for the reader of contemporary Uyghur literature as published in Xinjiang and elsewhere in China, especially in Beijing, since early 1950s. The script used in Xinjiang has been a modified form of Arabic, with important exception of the mid-1960s until the early 1980s when a Latin script was used.The main entry word appears in Latin transcription, boldface type, flush left to the margin of the column. English words are syllabified according to the usual American principles of word division. By Henry G. Schwarz. On P. Preceding T.p.: Center For East Asian Studies. Western Washington University. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 1081-1082).