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Web pages on "Asian":

Common Malay Proverbs
In Malay with English translation and explanation, contributed by Siswahani Saban.
http://www.kampungnet.com.sg/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=5

Comparative Proverbs, Old Adages and Sayings: Thai and English
Thai proverbs and sayings with English translations or equivalents.
http://suphawut.com/translations/thai_to_english/proverbs

Gender-Related Lanna (Northern Thai) Proverbs
Taken from Samorn Jenjija's book "Pha-sit-Lanna", in Lanna with Thai and English translations and explanations; includes soundfiles (WAV).
http://www.busakorn.addr.com/lanna/lannaproverbs.htm

Index of Kashmiri Proverbs
Large, alphabetically ordered collection, including sayings from Sufis of Kashmir (in Kashmiri with English translation and explanation).
http://www.kashmir.net/treasure/proverbs/

Mongolia Today: Wisdom of Nomads
Ten Mongolian proverbs (in transcription) with English translation.
http://www.mongoliatoday.com/issue/3/wiston_nomads.html

Mongolia Today: Wisdom of Nomads
Seven Mongolian proverbs (in transcription) with English translation.
http://www.mongoliatoday.com/issue/1/wisdom.html

Nihon no Kotowaza
Japanese proverbs and idioms with translation, explanation and sound files (WAV format).
http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/5623/kotowjis.html

Sexuality, Unchastity and Fertility: Economy of Production and Reproduction in Colonial Haryana
Article by Prem Chowdhry on widow remarriage in Punjab, illustrated with proverbs.
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/Organizations/healthnet/SAsia/suchana/0500/h014.html

Thai Proverbs
In English translation with equivalent, excerpted from the book "Thai Proverbs", by Patrick Owen and Kulaya Campiranonta.
http://www.thaistudents.com/project/proverbs2.html

Thai Proverbs and Sayings
Proverbs in Thai script with transcription, translation into English and equivalent or explanation.
http://www.into-asia.com/thai_language/thai_proverbs.php

The Boneless Tongue of Assamese Proverbs
Article by Prasun Sonwalkar, published in The Times of India (Assamese transcription with English translation).
http://www.assam.org/assam/language/proverbs/prasun-proverbs.html

Tibet Digital Library
Favorite verses, proverbs and riddles (in English).
http://www.crosby-lundin.com/tibet/culture/folktales/favs.html

Tibetan Proverbs
Book presentation with three sample pages.
http://www.appletree.ie/projects/tbprov/tbprov.htm

Uchina Wisdom - Okinawan Proverbs
Excerpted from "The Okinawan Mind in Proverbs", by Zenko Shimabukuro.
http://www.okinawa.com/proverbs.html

Uyghur Makhaliler - Uighur Proverbs
Compiled by Tughluk and Clara Abdurazak.
http://www.geocities.com/uighurlanguage/Uighur_proverb.htm

Vietnamese Proverbs
In Vietnamese with English translation and explanation, brought together by Jan Dodd.
http://www.adoptvietnam.org/vietnamese/proverbs.htm

Vietnamese Proverbs
Vietnamese proverbs with English equivalents.
http://sweb.uky.edu/~mnguy2/VNproverbs.htm


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