Languages and Scripts

Name: Languages and Scripts
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ISBN: 9780195633528

ISBN-10: 0195633520

ISBN-13: 9780195633528

Edition: 1993

Authors: K. S. Singh, S. Manoharan

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This comprehensive survey of India's languages shows that Indian languages are largely derivative of the ethnic community or territory where the language is used, and describes how languages are distributed into different language families. The authors suggest that in language-contact situations the incidence of bilingualism is extremely high: it is not uncommon for tribals to speak up to four languages, and despite the dominance of a regional language, all of the States and Union Territories are multilingual. As a result of this multilingual character, language evolution in India is quite dynamic. This volume, part of the People of India project, forms the first comprehensive and…

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List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 1993
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/12/1994
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 446
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.38" long x 1.02" tall
Weight: 1.628
Language: English



Foreword


A Note on the Series


Abbreviations


Introduction



Development of Indian Languages and the Census



People of India Project and Indian Languages



Findings of the People of India Project



The Communities, the Number of Languages and their Spread



The Linguistic Affiliations of Languages and the Diffusion of Traits



Communities Speaking Languages of Different Language Families



Bilingualism



Linguistic Homogeneity and Heterogeneity


Scripts


Conclusion


Appendix I. The Communities, Languages and their Distribution


Appendix II. The Language Families, Languages and Dialects


Appendix III. The Number of Communities Using the Scheduled Languages with their Variants


Appendix IV. The Scheduled Languages (with their Variants) and the Number of Communities Speaking them for Intergroup Communication


Appendix V. Details of the Languages Spoken for Ingroup Communication


Appendix VI. Details of the Languages Spoken for Intergroup Communication


Appendix VII. A Note on the Unclassified Languages


Appendix VIII. Distribution of Monolingual Communities


Appendix IX. Linguistically Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Communities


Appendix X. Minor Scripts


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