The Indo-Aryan Languages (Hardcover)

The Indo-Aryan languages, spoken by at least 700 million people in the Republic of India, in Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, the Maldive Islands, and in countries where immigrants from South Asia have settled, constitute a major group within the Indo-European family. They have a claim to great antiquity, with the earliest Vedic Sanskrit texts dating to the end of the second millennium B.C. This language family supplies a historical documentation of language change over a longer period than any other subgroup of Indo-European. Further, the interaction between Indo-Aryan and Dravidan, Munda, and Tibeto-Burmese languages as well as Arabic and other Indo-European languages affords a rich field of study for borrowing and adaptation. Major features of Indo-Aryan languages have been described before, but there is a need for a synoptic treatment of these languages.

General

Imprint:	RoutledgeCurzon
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Language Family Series
Release date:	July 2003
First published:	September 2003
Authors:	Danesh Jain • George Cardona
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 65mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	1088
ISBN-13:	978-0-7007-1130-7
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Sociolinguistics Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Phonetics, phonology, prosody (speech) Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Historical & comparative linguistics > Dialectology Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Historical & comparative linguistics > Slang & jargon Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Semantics (meaning) > Lexicography Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Grammar, syntax, linguistic structure > General Promotions
LSN:	0-7007-1130-9
Barcode:	9780700711307

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