Languages and Scripts

by S. Manoharan and K.S. Singh

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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195643933
• ISBN13: 9780195643930
• Release Date: May 1998
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.4" x 5.4"