01433nam a22002417a 450000500170000000800410001702000180005804000070007604100120008308200200009510000160011524500720013126000250020330000310022836500600025952007430031965000200106265000200108265000250110265000210112765000250114870000180117320230728165516.0230728b           ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9780670093687  cAL  aEnglish  223bMOHWa491.1  aPeggy Mohan  aWanderers Kings Merchants: The Story of India Through its Languages  aIndiabPenguinc2021  axvii,341 p.bHBc22x14 cm.  aBLCR-000026b₹479.00c₹d₹599.00e20%f15-07-2023  a history of Indian languages - primarily Sanskrit - from the angle of language contacts and mixtures
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.  aMultilingualism  aIndic philology  aIndo-Aryan languages  aSociolinguistics  aLanguage and culture  aMOHAN (Peggy)