If you know how to read Kayah, teach those who don't!
Maw Hsa Moo teaches Kayah women to read in North Carolina
To maintain the Kayah language in your location, Kayah people must keep teaching it, reading it, singing it as well as creating new books and songs. Encourage the children to read the Kayah literacy books. And offer classes to those who do not know how to read and write!
Kayah Adult Literacy Primer
This adult primer was developed and revised in the 90s. There are teacher instructions in the back of the book. There are two .pdf files Part I and Part II to download as well as the cover.
Children's Literacy Primers
Children's literacy training books sponsored by the Finnish Refugee Council are now available. There are three levels.
Kayah Li Children's Story Books
In the refugee camp, elementary school children learn to read and write in the Kayah Li language. Below, you will find a series of books that can be downloaded and printed. We have edited and revised the content to make them more natural, added an English translation and colored the pictures. If you have a good laser printer, see if you can use the booklet feature when printing. This will produce the books in a book form for reading, complete with page numbers.. You can either download the three books or the smaller versions by topic.
We hope you enjoy the above stories in Kayah. The stories are about listening to your parents, being faithful and kind, bad habits to avoid, good examples, reconciliation and getting along with each other.
Each story has been edited and an English translation has been added. Students can practice reading and also learn English. Teachers can use the questions in the stories to challenge their students to analyze the story's meaning.
You can also download just two or three stories below.
ꤒꤟꤢꤧ꤬ꤟꤢꤩꤙꤢꤧ꤬ ꤚꤟꤢꤩ ꤘꤣꤑꤢꤩ꤭:
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ꤒꤟꤢꤧ꤬ꤘꤛꤢ ꤕꤝꤟꤥ꤭꤮ ꤒꤣ꤬ꤒꤟꤥ ꤗꤢ꤬ ꤢꤨ꤭ ꤓꤢꤦꤗꤛꤢꤡꤟꤢꤩ꤬ꤗꤛꤢ ꤓꤛꤣ꤭ꤟꤢꤪ ꤜꤢꤨ꤭ ꤟꤢꤪ, ꤓꤛꤣ꤭ꤒꤥ꤬ ꤒꤟꤢꤧ꤬ꤘꤛꤢ ꤒꤣ꤬ꤒꤟꤥ ꤔꤢ ꤒꤣ꤬ꤒꤟꤥ, ꤒꤣ꤬ꤊꤜꤥ꤭ ꤔꤢ ꤒꤣ꤬ꤊꤜꤥ꤭ ꤔꤛꤣ꤬ ꤚꤢ꤭ꤜꤟꤌꤣ꤭ ꤓꤢꤩ꤬ ꤔꤟꤤ ꤕꤟꤢꤩꤕꤟꤥ ꤔꤢ ꤊꤢꤨ꤭ꤜꤢ꤭ꤍꤟꤥ꤯ ꤗꤟꤢꤩ꤬ꤖꤢꤨꤛꤢꤩ꤭ꤚꤢꤪ ꤢ꤬ ꤊꤟꤢꤦ ꤖꤛꤢꤩꤡꤝꤟꤥꤗꤟꤢꤩ꤬ꤊꤥ꤭ ꤔꤟꤤꤕꤟꤢꤩ ꤞꤛꤥꤜꤤ꤬ꤟꤥ꤭ꤖꤢꤨ ꤒꤢ꤬ꤟꤢꤩ꤬ ꤊꤟꤢꤦ ꤤ꤬ꤞꤛꤥꤟꤣꤔꤟꤤ ꤊꤢꤨ꤭ꤜꤢ꤭ꤍꤟꤥ, ꤓꤛꤣ꤭ꤒꤥ꤬ ꤤ꤬ꤞꤛꤥꤕꤟꤢꤨ꤭ ꤞꤢꤧꤑꤢꤩ꤭ ꤡꤟꤛꤢꤔꤟꤤ ꤕꤟꤥ ꤊꤢꤨ꤭ꤜꤢ꤭ꤍꤟꤥ ꤕꤟꤢ꤭꤯ ꤞꤛꤢꤖꤢꤨ ꤞꤛꤥꤜꤤ꤬ꤟꤥ꤭ꤖꤢꤨ ꤒꤢ꤬ꤟꤢꤩ꤬ ꤊꤟꤢꤦ ꤕꤟꤢꤨ꤭ꤞꤢꤧꤑꤢꤩ꤭ ꤒꤟꤢ꤭ꤒꤟꤢꤩ꤬ ꤤ꤬ꤙꤢꤩ꤭ꤖꤢꤧꤡꤟꤛꤢ ꤔꤟꤤꤘꤢꤦ꤬ ꤒꤟꤢꤧ꤬ꤘꤛꤢ ꤒꤢ꤬ꤟꤢꤩ꤬ ꤢ꤬ꤍꤟꤥꤜꤢ꤬ꤏꤢ ꤛꤢꤩ꤭ꤔꤛꤣ꤬ꤚꤢꤪ, ꤞꤢꤚꤢ ꤒꤢ꤬ꤟꤢꤩ꤬ ꤊꤤ꤬ ꤗꤟꤢꤩ꤬ꤔꤟꤤ ꤕꤟꤢꤩ ꤢꤧ꤬ꤞꤤ꤭ ꤒꤟꤢꤧ꤬ꤏꤢꤨ꤬ꤘꤛꤢ꤭ꤓꤢꤦꤡꤟꤢꤩ꤬ ꤘꤣ ꤢꤨ꤭ ꤗꤟꤢꤩ꤬ꤥ꤬ꤔꤟꤢꤩ꤬ ꤕꤟꤢꤩꤓꤛꤣ꤭ꤟꤢꤪ ꤒꤟꤢꤧ꤬ꤏꤢꤨ꤬ꤘꤛꤢ꤭ ꤙꤤ ꤜꤤ꤬ꤒꤟꤢꤧ꤬ꤘꤛꤢ ꤢ꤬ꤊꤢꤨ꤭ ꤛꤢꤩ꤭ꤔꤛꤣ꤬ ꤒꤢ꤬ꤟꤢꤩ꤬ ꤟꤢꤩꤔꤛꤣ꤬ꤗꤢ꤬ ꤢ꤬ ꤚꤛꤢ ꤔꤛꤢ꤬ꤡꤢꤪ꤯