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In Malay with English translation and explanation, contributed by Siswahani Saban.

Comparative Proverbs, Old Adages and Sayings: Thai

http://suphawut.com/translations/thai_to_english/proverbs

Thai proverbs and sayings with English translations or equivalents.

http://www.busakorn.addr.com/lanna/lannaproverbs.htm

Taken from Samorn Jenjija's book "Pha-sit-Lanna", in Lanna with Thai and English translations and explanations; includes soundfiles (WAV).

Index of Kashmiri Proverbs

http://www.kashmir.net/treasure/proverbs/

Large, alphabetically ordered collection, including sayings from Sufis of Kashmir (in Kashmiri with English translation and explanation).

Mongolia Today: Wisdom of Nomads

http://www.mongoliatoday.com/issue/3/wiston_nomads.html

Ten Mongolian proverbs (in transcription) with English translation.

Mongolia Today: Wisdom of Nomads

http://www.mongoliatoday.com/issue/1/wisdom.html

Seven Mongolian proverbs (in transcription) with English translation.

Nihon no Kotowaza

http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/5623/kotowjis.html

Japanese proverbs and idioms with translation, explanation and sound files (WAV format).

Sexuality, Unchastity and Fertility: Economy of Pr

http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/Organizations/healthnet/SAsia/suchana/0500/h014.html

Article by Prem Chowdhry on widow remarriage in Punjab, illustrated with proverbs.

Thai Proverbs

http://www.thaistudents.com/project/proverbs2.html

In English translation with equivalent, excerpted from the book "Thai Proverbs", by Patrick Owen and Kulaya Campiranonta.

Thai Proverbs and Sayings

http://www.into-asia.com/thai_language/thai_proverbs.php

Proverbs in Thai script with transcription, translation into English and equivalent or explanation.

The Boneless Tongue of Assamese Proverbs

http://www.assam.org/assam/language/proverbs/prasun-proverbs.html

Article by Prasun Sonwalkar, published in The Times of India (Assamese transcription with English translation).

Tibet Digital Library

http://www.crosby-lundin.com/tibet/culture/folktales/favs.html

Favorite verses, proverbs and riddles (in English).

Tibetan Proverbs

http://www.appletree.ie/projects/tbprov/tbprov.htm

Book presentation with three sample pages.

Uchina Wisdom - Okinawan Proverbs

http://www.okinawa.com/proverbs.html

Excerpted from "The Okinawan Mind in Proverbs", by Zenko Shimabukuro.

Uyghur Makhaliler - Uighur Proverbs

http://www.geocities.com/uighurlanguage/Uighur_proverb.htm

Compiled by Tughluk and Clara Abdurazak.

Vietnamese Proverbs

http://www.adoptvietnam.org/vietnamese/proverbs.htm

In Vietnamese with English translation and explanation, brought together by Jan Dodd.

Vietnamese Proverbs

http://sweb.uky.edu/~mnguy2/VNproverbs.htm

Vietnamese proverbs with English equivalents.