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Jackal and Pheasant picture book in Syuba, Nepali and English

This book is an illustration of a story we recorded in Syuba called “Jackal and Pheasant”, as part of the documentation of Syuba (Tibetic, Nepal). The illustrations were made by Jolene Tan as part of an ongoing project at NTU Singapore lead by Joan Kelly to connect students in the School of Art, Design and Media with people working on language documentation.

This small project demonstrates how digital resources can be useful for making a variety of outputs. The story was originally told in Syuba, and then translated into Nepali and English. We made versions that are only English or Syuba, and then bilingual versions in Syuba/English and Syuba/Nepali. English speakers can purchase the mono- or bi-lingual versions, while Nepali speakers can also access the story, and Syuba speakers can read a copy only in Syuba, or also in another language.

We used slightly different formatting styles for the bilingual (above) and monolingual (below) versions. Thanks to Emily Gref for formatting the final books from Jolene’s images.

Jackal and Pheasant original recording:

SUY1-140126-15

https://catalog.paradisec.org.au/collections/SUY1/items/140126

Book archived at: https://catalog.paradisec.org.au/collections/SUY1/items/picturebooks

Jackal and Pheasant (Syuba only) ISBN-13 978-1545587263

Purchase print book at: https://amzn.to/2zgw88x

Digital version (free to read): https://issuu.com/ntulibraries/docs/jackal_and_pheasant

Jackal and Pheasant (English only) ISBN-13 978-1546511229

Purchase print book at: https://amzn.to/2grx7Pr

Jackal and Pheasant (Syuba/English) ISBN-13 978-1546511281

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Jackal and Pheasant (Syuba/Nepali only) ISBN-13 978-1546511274

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