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020			_a9781138853768
040			_cIIT Kanpur
041			_aeng
082			_a494.8 _bD797l2
245			_aThe Dravidian languages [2nd ed.] _cedited By Sanford B. Steever
250			_a2nd ed.
260			_bRoutledge _c2020 _aLondon
300			_axxi, 541p
440			_aRoutledge language family series
520			_aThe Dravidian language family is the world's fourth largest with nearly 250 million speakers across South Asia from Pakistan to Nepal, from Bangladesh to Sri Lanka. This authoritative reference source provides a unique description of the languages, covering their grammatical structure and historical development, plus sociolinguistic features. Each chapter combines a modern linguistic perspective with traditional historical linguistics, and a uniform structure allows for easy typological comparison between the individual languages. New to this edition are chapters on Beṭṭa Kuṟumba, Kuṛux, Kūvi and Malayāḷam, and enlarged sections in various existing chapters, as well as updated bibliographies and demographic data throughout. The Dravidian Languages will be invaluable to students and researchers within linguistics, and will also be of interest to readers in the fields of comparative literature, areal linguistics and South Asian studies.
650			_aDravidian languages
700			_aSteever, Sanford B. [ed.]
942			_cBK
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