Peggy Mohan <br/><br/>
Wanderers Kings Merchants: The Story of India Through its Languages 

 - India  Penguin  2021 
 - xvii,341 p.  HB  22x14 cm. 
<br/><br/>  history of Indian languages - primarily Sanskrit - from the angle of language contacts and mixtures<br/>One of India’s most incredible and enviable cultural aspects is that every Indian is bilingual, if not multilingual. Delving into the fascinating early history of South Asia, this original book reveals how migration, both external and internal, has shaped all Indians from ancient times. Through a first-of-its-kind and incisive study of languages, such as the story of early Sanskrit, the rise of Urdu, language formation in the North-east, it presents the astounding argument that all Indians are of mixed origins.It explores the surprising rise of English after Independence and how it may be endangering India’s native languages. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780670093687 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Multilingualism<br/>Indic philology<br/>Indo-Aryan languages<br/>Sociolinguistics<br/>Language and culture
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>491.1  / MOHW