The Indo-Aryan Languages (Routledge Language Family Ser.)

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Synopsis
The Indo-Aryan languages are spoken by at least 700 million people throughout India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka and the Maldive Islands. They have a claim to great antiquity, with the earliest Vedic Sanskrit texts dating to the end of the second millennium B.C. With texts in Old Indo-Aryan, Middle Indo-Aryan and Modern Indo-Aryan, this language family supplies a historical documentation of language change over a longer period than any other subgroup of Indo-European. This volume is divided into two main sections dealing with general matters and individual languages. Each chapter on the individual language covers the phonology and grammar (morphology and syntax) of the language and its writing system, and gives the historical background and information concerning the geography of the language and the number of its speakers.
Copyright:
2004

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
1,305 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781135797102
Related ISBNs:
9780700711307, 9780415772945, 9780203945315
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
George Cardona and Dhanesh Jain, selection and editorial matter
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Language Arts, Foreign Language Study
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Bookshare Staff
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This is a copyrighted book.

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