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.
| ISBN: | 9780415772945 |
| Publication date: | 17th May 2007 |
| Author: | George Cardona, Dhanesh Jain |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 1061 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Language Family Series |
| Genres: |
Language: reference and general Regional / International studies Linguistics |
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.
The Indo-Aryan Languages features in the following genres: Language: reference and general, Regional / International studies, Linguistics
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The Indo-Aryan Languages was written by George Cardona, Dhanesh Jain and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis
The Indo-Aryan Languages has 1,061 pages
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