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Mien-English dictionary compiled
Posted 2/19/13
SACRAMENTO — A California missionary and linguist has compiled a comprehensive dictionary for the Mien language, a fast-fading idiom spoken by thousands of refugees from Laos who have resettled in cities throughout the U.S.
Herbert Purnell spent 26 years compiling the Mien-English dictionary, and once lost all his notes to a fire only to realize that two of his Mien consultants had preserved drafts.
The Mien community turned out to a south Sacramento event over the weekend to buy the dictionary and have the 78-year-old Purnell sign it.
