About Chakma Dictionaries

Chakma Dictionary

Chakma Dictionaries:

* Chakma Bangla Kodatara (1973) – First Chakma to Bengali Dictionary

It is considered as the first dictionary in the Chakma language (not in script), authored by educationist Sugata Chakma of CHT.

* Kodha Tara (1993) – First Chakma to English Dictionary

It is the first Chakma to English dictionary in India, authored by Pulin Bayan Chakma of Chakma Autonomous District Council (CADC) in Mizoram. The dictionary was published by the Art and Culture Department of CADC.

* Chakma Bhashar Shabdakosh – Chakma to Bengali Dictionary (in Bengali script)

It is a Chakma to Bengali dictionary in Bengali script authored by Ashok Kumar Dewan of Rangamati, CHT. It is available for viewing online at http://cvraw.blogspot.in/

Besides, there are few other Chakma dictionaries which have been published in recent years.

Download Ebook "The Chakmas: An Introduction" by L.B. Chakma

Dangu L.B. Chakma is a renowned writer currently living in the Chakma Autonomous District Council, (CADC) of Mizoram. He has vast knowledge about the Chakmas as we can learn from this ebook which provides deep information about the Chakmas, their brief historical background, cultural beliefs, traditions, religious and ancient medical practices carried out by our ancestors.

Most interestingly, this writer has written the book in simple English which is very easy to understand and follow. From a high school kid to college going student also can easily connect with the meanings and info provided by the author. It consists of 77 pages with everything described in topic by topic.

You can download the ebook from here The Chakmas: An Introduction

Please note that, this ebook is a part of Bijunijheni annual magazine released by Maadi in 2014. I humbly thank to Maadi for including this valuable ebook by Dangu L.B. Chakma, which I found to be very helpful, specially for those who are interested to know about the Chakmas and their characteristics.

Books About the Chakma Tribe - 1

·         India's Refugee Regime and Resettlement Policy: Chakma's and the Politics of Nationality in Arunachal Pradesh (English)

Author: Chunnu Prasad

Publisher: Kalpaz Publications

Year: 2012

·         The Partitions & the Chakmas: And Other Writings of Sneha Kumar Chakma

Author: Sneha Kumar Chakma

Publisher: Self-Published

Year: 2013

·         Genesis of Indigenous Chakma Buddhists and Their Pulverization Worldwide

Author: SP Talukdar

Publisher: Gyan Book Pvt. Ltd

Year: 2010

·         Chakma Refugees (English)

Author: Aditya Prakash

Publisher: Sumit Enterprises

Year: 2013

·         Kalpana Chakma

Author: Salam Azad

Publisher: Bookwell

Year: 2007

·         Ethnic Unrests and India's Security Concerns (English)

Author: Bindu Charan Chakma

Publisher: Abhijeet Publications

Year: 2008

·         Education and Chakmas in India

Author: Paul Debashish

Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing

Year: 2013

·         Chittagong: Chakma People, Chittagong Hill Tracts Conflict, Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samiti, Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace (English)

Author:

Publisher: Books LLC, Wiki Series

Year: 2010

·         Chakmas India An Ethnographic Approach To Human Studies (English)

Author: Debashish Paul

Publisher: Abhijeet Publication

Year: 2014

·         The Chakma Refugees in Tripura

Author: P.K Debbarma and Sudhir Jacob George

Publisher:

Year: 1993