[Tlc] [Tic] Audio files for Tai languages

[Fernquest Jon]

Dear List Members;
 
I'd like to ask if anyone knows of any recordings of Tai languages,
especially Tai Yuan [Lanna] and Tai Lue,
either formal language lesson type recording or informal.
 
Purnell's 1962 "A Colourful Colloquial" for Chiang Mai dialect
comes immediately to mind. Was there ever a tape made for this 
book?
 
The main reason for audio, being to prevent the fossilization of bad tone 
habits in speech, often associated with self-learners who focus on reading 
texts. (like myself)
 
Also cheap MP3 music players provide the opportunity to put audio
before text in self-taught language learning nowadays.
 
I've been planning to record informal sentences in Tai Yuan [Chiang Rai] and 
Tai Lue, since these are the languages used around my home 
in Chiang Rai and Mae Sai, and cobble them together 
into a little informal podcast to publish on the web.
 
I thought I'd inquire what was out there already first.
Thank you.
 
Sincerely,
 
Jon Fernquest 
Bangkok Post, Education
http://www.readbangkokpost.com/businesswords/
 
 
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