[The World of Linguistics 07] • The Languages and Linguistics of South Asia
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- Authors
- Hock, Hans Henrich & Bashir, Elena
- Publisher
- Walter de Gruyter
- Date
- 2016-07-16T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 14.28 MB
- Lang
- en
The Languages and Linguistics of South Asia is part of the multi-volume reference work on the languages and linguistics of the continents of the world. The volume provides a thorough survey of South Asian languages, their histories and genetic classification, their sound systems and linguistic structures. Language contact and convergence, indigenous South Asian grammatical traditions and the fascinating writing systems are also discussed.