Dr. Chris Pekka Wilde
Global Translation Consultant
Qualifications
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PhD A Sketch of the Phonology and Grammar of Rājbanshi
(Helsinki University, 2008) -
MA General Linguistics
(Helsinki University, 2001)
Other Current Roles
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Global Translation Consultant
Finnish Bible Society
Research Interests
- Languages of Nepal and Northern India
Other Professional Experience
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Linguistics Department Head, Payap University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
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Linguistics Consultant, SIL
Selected Publications
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‘Gamale Kham phonology revisited, with Devanagari-based orthography and lexicon’, Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society, 9 (2016) 130-199.
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‘A phonological comparison of Gamale, Sheram and Ghusbang – Three Kham varieties’, Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society, 10.1 (2017) 67-90.
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‘On the origin of Gamale Kham labial-palatal approximants’, Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area, 40.1 (2017) 59-89.
Publications in UBS Journals
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‘On translating the impersonal First-Person Plural’, The Bible Translator, 71.2 (2020), 236–249.