Htun Kyi,

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Minn Latt Yekhaun (; 19 July 1925–1985) was a Burmese linguist who studied and published in

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. He returned to

Burma Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referred to as Burma (the official English name until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and ha ...

to fight as a member of the

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but was later shot by his own comrades.

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: Article by Aung Za
Minn Latt - "Tell the world the truth"
Sept 2010 - Vol.18 No.9

Works

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{{Authority control 1925 births 1985 deaths Linguists from Myanmar Burmese studies scholars Burmese communists People from Yangon 20th-century linguists Charles University alumni